as in angels
an innocent or gentle person
an innocent who is often puzzled by and prey to the evils of the world
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Recent Examples of innocents
Praying with your feet means to move, to advance, to take, literally, steps to make sure innocents are not gunned down in church or school by a madman.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
But when innocents get dragged into the mess Robbie has created, the task force becomes more important than any of its members appear ready to handle.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
After a new kind of dawn patrol to remove our tired but awake—and vocal—kids from the innocents in the campsites around us, my husband and I called uncle.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Thus, the probability of innocents being killed or wounded in these deployments is high.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Human rights advocates, meanwhile, warn that the crime crackdown has resulted in tens of thousands of innocents being caught in a dragnet.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Reflexive, long fashionable anti-Israelism is a given, and horror at the suffering of innocents who are now dying by the thousands is understandable.
—Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Settling longstanding differences over governance is one thing, an immediate increase in lifesaving humanitarian aid to prevent the deaths of innocents is quite another.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Too bad it’s taken the unspeakable suffering of babies, families and innocents to get us here.
—Lorraine Ali, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
But when innocents get dragged into the mess Robbie has created, the task force becomes more important than any of its members appear ready to handle.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
After a new kind of dawn patrol to remove our tired but awake—and vocal—kids from the innocents in the campsites around us, my husband and I called uncle.
—Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Thus, the probability of innocents being killed or wounded in these deployments is high.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Human rights advocates, meanwhile, warn that the crime crackdown has resulted in tens of thousands of innocents being caught in a dragnet.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Reflexive, long fashionable anti-Israelism is a given, and horror at the suffering of innocents who are now dying by the thousands is understandable.
—Jeff Robbins, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Settling longstanding differences over governance is one thing, an immediate increase in lifesaving humanitarian aid to prevent the deaths of innocents is quite another.
—Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
Too bad it’s taken the unspeakable suffering of babies, families and innocents to get us here.
—Lorraine Ali, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innocents
Noun
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Paranoia-inducing fictions like Wells’s aside, the public came to view Martians not as monsters but as representatives of a higher civilization—as angels, even, at a time when new science was shaking old religious certainties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Polar Wishes Collection Celebrate the season with traditional holiday motifs, such as light-up angels, presents, and snowmen.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Paul Walter Hauser will voice a sheep character and Yvonne Orji a pigeon.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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In sheep given creatine, the fetus’ brain is more protected from oxygen deprivation.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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McCarty had seen a number of ewes and lambs but no rams.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Innocents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocents. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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