innocence

Example Sentences

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“Duvall’s aging face, a road map of dead ends and dry gulches, can accommodate rage or innocence or any ironic shade in between,” the film critic Richard Corliss wrote in Time magazine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Usually engaged in anodyne activities, they present idealized versions of childhood: full of stereotypical sweetness, innocence and light.

From Los Angeles Times

Her mother continued to protest her innocence, but was charged.

From BBC

“Well, he wouldn’t be there with Mom. So he could feign innocence,” Camille says.

From Literature

On Tuesday, Lord Doyle issued a statement, saying: "At the point of my campaigning support, Morton repeatedly asserted to all those who knew him his innocence, including initially in court."

From BBC