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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
Hepburn’s thorny performance veers away from her typical sparkling ingenue presence toward something more brittle (watching Holly Golightly restrain herself from cursing out a precocious, irritating child delights).
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Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
But Demi losing to an ingenue was a perfect Substance-worthy twist in itself.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Can the ferocious ingenue claw her way from Cheetah girl to Stardust Goddess?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
And Williamson, at 60, is no longer an industry ingenue.
—Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
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Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025
But Demi losing to an ingenue was a perfect Substance-worthy twist in itself.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Can the ferocious ingenue claw her way from Cheetah girl to Stardust Goddess?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
And Williamson, at 60, is no longer an industry ingenue.
—Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingenue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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But the angel who answered the 83-year-old Century Village resident’s prayers was not her sister, Tooter said.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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The reveal of Eli’s angel investor opens the door for Hank to … well, fix everything with a good speech.—
Genevieve Koski,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Too bad it’s taken the unspeakable suffering of babies, families and innocents to get us here.—
Lorraine Ali,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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That included killing the aforementioned innocent (and some not-so-innocent) bystanders in some wickedly gruesome and unexpected ways.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some Muslim men believe that the reward for killing infidels is 72 virgins in the afterlife.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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Hulu has rallied Colton Underwood and Kaitlyn Bristowe to co-host its new reality dating show for virgins.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
Noun
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His honesty about all of it — with himself, his listeners and his guests — immediately brought people to the fledgling medium.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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Launched in 2000, Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in River North was the first expansion of the legendary Miami restaurant, and the first venture for the fledgling ICON, which was composed of Centioli, Melman and a third partner, Michael Fox.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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The indestructible Gill, still strolling the fairways of the magazine, was more than welcoming to a greenhorn.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.—
and Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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