Examples of guileless in a Sentence
she was an easygoing, guileless young woman who was comfortable just being herself
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The books have the guileless charm of club-notes.
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New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Whereas the title Amerika emphasizes the setting, The Missing Person points to the novel’s focus on the travails of a guileless hero struggling to find his footing in a frenetic new world.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Federico Marchetti, the Italian fashion entrepreneur, is a master of sprezzatura—the courtier’s art of cloaking ambition and cunning in an air of guileless nonchalance.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025
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New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Whereas the title Amerika emphasizes the setting, The Missing Person points to the novel’s focus on the travails of a guileless hero struggling to find his footing in a frenetic new world.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Federico Marchetti, the Italian fashion entrepreneur, is a master of sprezzatura—the courtier’s art of cloaking ambition and cunning in an air of guileless nonchalance.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Edelman brings goofy charm to Adam, a gullible and guileless father of four, while Key is consistently funny as the simpering Ken.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Guileless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guileless. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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guileless
adjective
guile·less
ˈgī(ə)l-ləs 
guilelessly
adverb
guilelessness
noun
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