innocent
Example Sentences
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“He is completely innocent of these false allegations that have been alleged against him,” Schuster told reporters outside the courthouse after the hearing.
From Los Angeles Times
John Shaw, Magnus’s deputy, is a brute and a bully; Abel Walker, Magnus’s nephew, is a young innocent; Tom Hearn is a sailor who trained as a cleric and speaks the indigenous languages.
Susan said society needs to "fundamentally change for people like him to stop perpetrating this on innocent people".
From BBC
It urged authorities to "take immediate measures to ensure river transport safety and prevent the recurrence of such disasters that claim innocent lives".
From BBC
My sister is forgetting that people are innocent until proven guilty.
From Literature
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