How to Use naivety in a Sentence
naivety
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Look, again, this isn't coming from a place of naivety.
—Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018
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Shocked by his disrespect and naivety, Raq slaps the daylights out of Kanan.
—Kyesha Jennings, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
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That soundtrack has this young naivety to it – but also a sense of glamour.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022
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True love is a wise change agent that leans on the better angels without naivety.
—Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 3 July 2018
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Norwich have won only two games so far, and their naivety will send them down.
—SI.com, 16 Oct. 2019
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The duo’s naivety, says Williamson, was what led them to relentlessly forge ahead.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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Generally, there seems to be a view that ethics is somehow akin to naivety.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
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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
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As my exit visa failed to materialise, my naivety dawned on me.
—The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
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Both sides will claim the moral high ground and criticize the naivety of opposing arguments.
—Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 28 Feb. 2018
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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
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Before writing the film, Smith and Baynham were alarmed by children’s naivety around Big Tech agendas.
—WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023
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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
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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
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But the wider public associates such nuance with naivety.
—The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
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The cheerful, topknot-wearing cherub is more likely to invoke thoughts of whimsy or naivety.
—USA Today, 13 Aug. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Thanks to Beckham's hot-headed naivety and Simeone's cynicism, England were now in a dire predicament.
—SI.com, 17 May 2018
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Filled with novelty, nerves and naivety, these young Americans take the field against Wales on Monday night in a match a growing fanbase back home has been pining for since 2014.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 21 Nov. 2022
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Simone is excited to greet him, even though the man’s terse manner and Forrest-Gumpian naivety don’t line up with her expectations.
—Rene Rodriguez, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
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Then there's the true-to-life nostalgic musings of romantic naivety at fifteen and unrequited love looming on the high school bleachers.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
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