ingénue
Example Sentences
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A thoroughly modern ingenue, Flora is determined to bring change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Rachel is taken with Gustav’s films, and the director sees a familiar spark of brilliance in the young ingenue.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
He nearly lost a rare gig when the ingenue said he was too ugly.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
Born in New Jersey and raised in Florida, Gigi was a drama school nerd who turned to music when she realised she was "never going to be cast in the ingenue role".
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
It was such an ingenue thing to say, and Adina had never played that role.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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