innocent
Example Sentences
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He had taken the hat, quickly dug a hole, buried the hat and smoothed the snow over it, then gone back to sitting, staring ahead, looking completely innocent.
From Literature
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Twitter was Twitter before it was death pit, Instagram was far more innocent as well.
From Los Angeles Times
Thousands of innocent people were swept up in the crackdown, and around 8,000 have been released.
From Barron's
But I can’t lie to her, and at least my words might help to open those innocent eyes of hers to the reality of our lives.
From Literature
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On the one hand, continued pressure harms innocents.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.