simple-hearted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of simple-hearted
1350–1400; Middle English symple herted
Example Sentences
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Raj Kapoor, who made and starred in musicals about simple-hearted characters smiling in the face of adversity, would be greeted with rousing receptions in the Soviet Union.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2017
Blake strikes up a great friendship with Erik, a simple-hearted Dane who is secretly engaged to the local beauty.
From Time Magazine Archive
Actress Julie Haydon plays radiantly as the simple-hearted slavey, makes the Canon's conversion entirely credible.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: she jilted the simple-hearted brakeman who loved her for an ambitious young lawyer who loved success.
From Time Magazine Archive
In later days she retained no unpleasant memory of the rocky coast, the desolate moorland, and the brave, simple-hearted folk of La Basse Bretagne.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
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