loss of innocence
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The lyrics contemplate the fleeting nature of time and the loss of innocence, set against the backdrop of a love affair that's hit the rocks.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024
Blanche’s loss of innocence seeds an interesting tension as the situation comes to a head.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2024
For MJ, there is a lingering of guilt and shame because Brandi was robbed of what would have surely been happy memories, now tainted by a fundamental loss of innocence, all under her watch.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2024
It all ends tragically, of course, and one finds oneself mourning for the boy’s loss of innocence as much as for the doomed characters.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022
To eat his bread in sorrow and the sweat of his face was, we are apt to forget, the first sign of man's loss of innocence.
From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon
