simple soul

Example Sentences

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But he is a simple soul, and it comes as no surprise to hear he cares not for the trappings of F1.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Ralph, a simple soul contentedly set in his ways, is baffled and buffeted by the zippy pace of the online world.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2018

Dom, a simple soul or maybe a simpleton, asks for a moped and a lifetime supply of gas.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2012

In The Fellowship of the Ring, which takes place in the "Third Age of Middle Earth," the drama springs from the fact that a simple soul has the ring and a tyrant wants it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The queen was really a simple soul and always, her whole life, had done nothing except state the overly obvious.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo