How to Use naivety in a Sentence
naivety
noun-
Look, again, this isn't coming from a place of naivety.
— Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018 -
Shocked by his disrespect and naivety, Raq slaps the daylights out of Kanan.
— Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021 -
That soundtrack has this young naivety to it – but also a sense of glamour.
— Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022 -
True love is a wise change agent that leans on the better angels without naivety.
— Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 3 July 2018 -
Norwich have won only two games so far, and their naivety will send them down.
— SI.com, 16 Oct. 2019 -
The duo’s naivety, says Williamson, was what led them to relentlessly forge ahead.
— Taylor Mims, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2022 -
Her witty lines, lust for LL Cool J, and naivety stuck to your ribs long after your first watch.
— Niki McGloster, refinery29.com, 9 Dec. 2020 -
Yes, their youthful naivety and shallow squad depth can still show up now and again, but the only way is up.
— SI.com, 13 Sep. 2019 -
This award-winning film is about the naivety of childhood, love torn apart by conflict, and regret.
— Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2022 -
Generally, there seems to be a view that ethics is somehow akin to naivety.
— Roger Trapp, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Many on the right like to laugh at Kennedy’s naivety, saying berliner commonly refers to a jelly donut in West Berlin.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024 -
Gladys, on the other hand, was handed everything on a silver platter, and there’s a bit of naivety to her.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2022 -
As my exit visa failed to materialise, my naivety dawned on me.
— The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020 -
Both sides will claim the moral high ground and criticize the naivety of opposing arguments.
— Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 28 Feb. 2018 -
But Kitsch brings a certain slyness to the role, in which Carter’s seeming naivety hides a watchful intuition.
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2022 -
Before writing the film, Smith and Baynham were alarmed by children’s naivety around Big Tech agendas.
— WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023 -
On the other hand, there may be a certain naivety associated with a mind that is too fixed or too rigid.
— Josephine Kant, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 -
Ellie was a young fashion student coming from a small town to London for the first time and with lots of naivety and hope and excitement for what's to come.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2021 -
But the wider public associates such nuance with naivety.
— The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020 -
The cheerful, topknot-wearing cherub is more likely to invoke thoughts of whimsy or naivety.
— USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020 -
Just lose weight reveals a naivety that borders on proud ignorance — a denial of what so much science tells us now.
— Your Fat Friend, SELF, 12 Nov. 2019 -
But there’s also a childish naivety to it: there’s nothing clever about the way James conducted himself in Dominik’s film.
— Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024 -
The casting of first-time actor Jade Springer in the title role gives the film a sense of youthful naivety and aids the narrative’s authenticity.
— Caitlin Quinlan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2021 -
My lack of common sense was a result of my naivety about the situation; (redacted) lack of common sense led him to orally rape me.
— Jacqueline Lee, The Mercury News, 16 May 2017 -
Sure, there was some naivety, and certainly some profligacy at the start, but their tails were always up, and in an atmosphere as charged as this, that was no mean feat.
— SI.com, 19 Sep. 2019 -
Hilmar plays Jónas’ closest partner, who plans to use Jónas’ naivety to build her own escape from their overlord.
— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024 -
This journey can be very confusing and require a high degree of drive, problem-solving, and even a little bit of naivety.
— Sixteen Ramos, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024 -
In body and soul, the formidable strength of Hercules meets a dash of Jethro Bodine’s affable naivety.
— Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024 -
In body and soul, the formidable strength of Hercules meets a dash of Jethro Bodine’s affable naivety.
— Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Not just off the pitch but on it too, Arsenal are the bunt of all jokes currently, as Wenger demonstrates a naivety and arrogance to not change his tactics or beliefs.
— SI.com, 3 Sep. 2017
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