ingénues
- plural of ingénue.
Example Sentences
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If there’s one thing missing from the modern cinematic landscape, it’s the real, ineffable charm that made no-name ingenues into overnight sensations.
From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024
“We see people my age still trying to be ingenues, and at a certain point, you look… otherworldly. How are you going to play a 50-year-old woman in the real world?”
From The Guardian • May 26, 2019
In Venezuela, one man has ruled as king in transforming fledgling ingenues into flawless beauty queens: Osmel Sousa.
From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2018
I can give a pass for all this to the ingenues who don't have much and need to believe in something.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2018
Something about her heart-shaped face, her billows of soft, caramel-colored hair, reminded me of the ingenues of the silent-movie era.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
