Naive in a sentence

Definition of Naive

• The religion of the critically enlightened man is less naive and credulous in its imagery.
• There is a certain naive faith in the benefits of education even though they are not understood.
• She showed her naive pleasure by touching me whenever she was able to do so without rudeness.
• He opened his lips to remonstrate, but suddenly caught the undercurrent of the naive remark.
• And I put it to him with most naïve indiscretion which did not shock him visibly.
• At this criticism, so naive and pithy and so like Nellie, there was a general laugh.
• The naive bush simile pleased Ned a little and he laughed, but soon relapsed again into silence.
• The situation as reflected in Flora looked naive enough, but there was nothing naive about Kerr.
• And these are at the same time the nucleus of naive philosophy and the germinal phase of materialism.
• The naive astonishment and delight of the more intelligent among them was sometimes almost pathetic.
• This naive solicitation of gifts is also practiced on the occasion of the christening of the infant.
• There was something kindly and generous appearing behind the veil of naive and uncontrolled sensuality she had worn.
• Dewey favors the naive standpoint, and affirms that presentative realism is tainted by an epistemological subjectivism.
• The naive belief that much meat must be eaten by men doing manual labor is said to be another factor.
• She was wonder-stricken at his bravery, although she felt in it a sort of indecency and a naive coarseness that scandalised her.
• With all their smut and filth, they were yet full of naive folk-touches and approximations to real balladry.
• Who has not felt the charm of that naive irresponsibility which pervades the tales of Naples in old days?
• An expression of quite innocent and naive vanity overspread Lily's charming face.
• The naive statement that "farmers must organize because other classes are organizing" is really good social philosophy.
• The naive anthropomorphism of the savage makes his a god of a mighty arm, a giant in stature, puissant and terrible.
• He caught her in a mighty embrace and she gave him back his kiss with a heavenly shamelessness, a glorious passion, naive and pure.
• The ladies and cavaliers, who had listened to this curious conversation in silence, now laughed loudly at this naive reply of the little prince.
• Her eyes widened, a flush rose to her cheek, a naive and pleased smile transformed her dissatisfied young mouth.
• This has sometimes happened by accident, as naive hackers blunder onto police boards and blithely begin offering telephone codes.
• Mr. Champneys was an abstemious man, but the girl was frankly greedy with the naive greed of one who had been heretofore stinted.
• The principals are all clever, honourable, good, simple, naïve or kindly, yet we never feel at home with them.
• The fact that he received the name of the doubting apostle was by no means one of those superhuman coincidences in which some naive people see portents.

• He looked at her in naive wonder.
• His pages sparkle with naïve statements.
• However naive this answer may be, there is no other.
• At this naive flattery, Roderick almost blushed.
• Was it not in harmony with the naive simplicity of the parsonage?
• She was always saying and doing naive things from the heart.
• Hentzi laughed with good natured contempt at such a naive query.
• The naive realist remains in the sphere of natural explanation.
• Everybody had laughed till they nearly sank on deck, at my naive words.
• See, here, major, you are all but naive in your understanding of our society.
• The naive avowal set the heart and intellect of Mr. Smith afire.
• And of Siegfried's naive passion on his first glimpse of a woman?
• No less naive is the legend related of one of Charlemagne's daughters.