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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
That remark — coupled with the image of the ingenue Tilly — generated an outpouring of fury, anxiety, fascination and lust.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
But like Swift, Liz was the ingenue who made everything sticky by growing up.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
And Oscar voters do not need much of an excuse to pledge their votes to an enthralling young ingenue.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.
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Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
But like Swift, Liz was the ingenue who made everything sticky by growing up.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
And Oscar voters do not need much of an excuse to pledge their votes to an enthralling young ingenue.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
Panday plays a convincingly gruff tortured artist alongside Padda’s struggling ingenue, and most of the screen time is devoted to their pairing instead of introducing tertiary excess.
—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingenue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
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Two thousand was a sign the angels were watching over me.
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The 21-year-old Islander, who made her entrance dressed as an angel, appears to spend her time horseback riding, traveling and modeling.
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Whatever conclusions investigators might reach, the loss of at least 50 souls, and the wounding of dozens more innocents, is an unbearable blow for any community.
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In his work, women were still ethereal innocents who had yet to become believable human beings.
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Keep the punch virgin, or add a tablespoon of vodka, gin, or bourbon to each glass.
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But although swapping virgin inputs for recycled material is often framed as a silver bullet, such alternatives come with their own environmental and logistical trade-offs.
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Fears over fledgling eaglets While the annual fireworks display and its impact on local wildlife have garnered controversy in the past, this year, advocates are particularly concerned about Jackie and Shadow’s two eaglets, Sandy and Luna, who were born in early April.
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Scotland really needs an Iraq win or a tie here to help its fledgling chances.
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.
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Dawkins and right tackle Spencer Brown suffered injuries that sidelined them in Pittsburgh, forcing greenhorns Ryan Vandemark and Alec Anderson into service against T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith and Nick Herbig.
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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