Sentence examples for not a naive from inspiring English sources

But it is not a naive mood.

He is an optimist but not a naive one.

This is not a naive fantasy but the bedrock of our movement.

It is a high ideal, but the book is not a naive one.

He's not a naive guy, he knew the orchestra he was dealing with and he knew the audience.

In this case it is not a naive stand-in for "music that North Americans consider foreign"; it literally means music made all over the world, including here.

This wasn't a naive faith in respect for privacy and the bonds of trust.

The Liberal party's resounding victory proved that "a positive, optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn't a naive dream", said Trudeau.

It's also one of the few times when it feels like maybe, just maybe, multiculturalism isn't a naive illusion.

"A positive, optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn't a naive dream," he bellowed.

"I hope that it is an inspiration to like-minded people across the country … to know that a positive, optimistic, hopeful vision of public life isn't a naive dream".