Sentence examples for ingenuous quality from inspiring English sources

She was an excellent ballad singer, conveying a winsome, ingenuous quality.

There's an openness and ingenuous quality to the two leads which is never slushy.

The ingenuous, trusting quality that Sonny has in The Last Picture Show is matched by that of Matt Dillon's Rusty James in Rumblefish, who trusts so implicitly in his brother, The Motorcyle Boy.

In a cool, hospitable, ingenuous tone, she tells us about herself.

Though pronounced in the French manner, the word shares its roots with "disingenuous," a not-uncommon English term for a calculated, dissembling quality, and "ingenuous," a less-common word for a naive, frank quality.

For all his complexities, ingenuous empathy was fundamental to his character, and he became deeply involved.

Hopkins is an "ingenuous and charming" kind of guy, as another character aptly calls him.

Such ingenuous pronouncements provoked laughter, even among those present, despite the official character of the site.

Are you serious?," she was utterly ingenuous.

For this ingenuous, calmly addled creature is chaos incarnate.

I thought it was courageous, a bit ingenuous".