How to Use naivete in a Sentence

naivete

noun
  • There was a lot of naivete with the first album.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There's a naivete that exists in youth, about the hunger or thirst for life.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Demie sees her storyline as one of naivete.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026
  • To think that it should be done any other way is to betray naivete.
    — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 16 July 2019
  • Yas deflects her concerns as naivete.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That is sort of where the disappointment comes from … my naivete.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But that optimism now veers into naivete.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Cline writes in a sleek, cool style that conveys both Alex’s naivete and her mirthless irony.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Biden’s naivete on the matter can perhaps be excused, but not Trump’s.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • What bothers Jenkins the most — more than his naivete, more than the lost money — is the guilt.
    — Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The naivete that stems from a mix of inexperience and hubris once again hobbled him here.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 May 2018
  • These conflict colors present feelings of naivete and wickedness.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 3 June 2021
  • All along it was built on a crumbling foundation of lies, deception, and naivete.
    — Alex Pappas, Fox News, 30 Apr. 2018
  • There’s a naivete to the image, and a charming, handmade quality to it.
    — Ashley Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2017
  • Her phrasing is bell-like in its clarity; the melody has a halting naivete, like a nursery rhyme.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
  • There’s an awkwardness, a cringe factor, a harrowing naivete that rears up through the text.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The may exhibit a certain naivete or roguishness or even the desire to be left alone.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
  • Kids of that era somehow managed a certain naivete about the world, even as Vietnam raged and cities burned.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Surely, there is a level of naivete among some enlistees no matter the gender.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Perhaps the spectacle of naivete is all part of the Altman image.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
  • All of this is true, and the idealism of it is as inspiring as the naivete of it is disquieting.
    — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Marin's lack of good judgment and naivete has led us to this ridiculous contretemps, which will eventually blow over.
    — Marja Heinonen, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The sort of lacking of social etiquette and on so on, but there's a strange naivete about the consequences of his actions.
    — Clarissa Cruz, EW.com, 17 June 2022
  • Jackson and Rosen also shared the same optimism, or naivete, about what the Knicks might get.
    — Mark Heisler, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2017
  • Her witty lines, lust for LL Cool J, and naivete stuck to your ribs long after your first watch.
    — Niki McGloster, refinery29.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • And part of it was working to depict a victim of abuse as a woman who’s aged out of naivete — to make the case that this could happen to anyone.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 31 July 2024
  • The court also dismissed the idea of using naivete or being gullible as a defense, according to a court order.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Is the ask and way it was handled hubris or naivete by decision makers on Montezuma Mesa?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
  • Students brought the enthusiasm, but their naivete showed in planning and preparation.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026

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