simple-minded
Example Sentences
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"This morning, ascend above the hate, the vitriol, and the simple-minded ideas that ignite violence," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Xist consists of RNA, a substance best known for being a simple-minded messenger that shuttles genes' instructions for making proteins to the intracellular machines that make them.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
All of this underlying dramatic texture is possible because Kaurismäki uses actors capable of developing salt-of-the-earth types beyond mere simple-minded objects of pity.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2023
“I have an almost simple-minded affection for them. My readers are not the same as my characters, as I’m very aware. So I’m glad when they feel that affection too.”
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2023
The woman, having told her, had not known what else to say, and she stared at Florence in simple-minded pity.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
