ingenue

Example Sentences

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Rachel is taken with Gustav’s films, and the director sees a familiar spark of brilliance in the young ingenue.

From Salon

I pictured Florence, this young ingenue that the world is so excited about, that people who love movies are just really excited about, and I pictured her opposite some older, amazing legend.

From Salon

The set was split into sections, one for each of her 10 albums, tracing her journey from country ingénue to chart-topping pop star to lockdown-era folk singer - albeit with a mixed-up chronology.

From BBC

Her recent memoir, “The Secret Listener: An Ingenue in Mao’s Court,” was published last year.

From New York Times

For Swedish newcomer Tatjana Patitz--the supermodel-turned-actress who at 26 is a dead-ringer for a young Lauren Bacall--a mostly nude performance as the murder victim in 20th Century Fox’s new release “Rising Sun” wasn’t exactly how the ingenue imagined she would break into the business.

From Los Angeles Times