Example Sentences

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Stephen Colletti innocently slicing turkey and unintentionally sparking one of the most wild crashouts in “Traitors” history.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Still, when he departs from a text he shares part of his inner world, and seems sometimes almost innocently interested in what he’s saying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

They were chattering innocently and said they’d been to the cookie store on Lincoln Avenue and were headed home, to a house that survived.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Asked if he felt a kinship with the student demonstrators of the 1960s and 70s, the freshman business marketing major responded innocently: “You’re talking about the women’s suffrage movement?”

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

I imagined Mrs. Kuen dropping by the shop under the guise of paying a social visit, innocently mentioning to Ma that she’d seen me with James.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu