Example sentences for: naiveté

How can you use “naiveté” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Editor David Remnick opines that Bosnians and Kosovars have suffered from the president's historical naiveté in general and from his seduction by Balkans fatalist Robert D. Kaplan in particular.

  • c) Knew what she was getting into when she took the job so can't be excused on grounds of naiveté.

  • Henry Kissinger says it was doomed by vagueness and naiveté from the outset.

  • Gallant's stories of men and women--and these include a few tales of trusting men let down by untrustworthy women--follow a basic pattern: Someone (possessing a naiveté perhaps reminiscent of the 27-year-old who ran off to Paris to write) offers someone else his or her love and is let down, but still manages to get up in the morning for the next several decades.

  • No matter how deeply you believe Starr has egregiously misspent your 15 cents, it would require extraordinary naiveté to imagine that he's dealt you the most devastating financial blow you've suffered at the hands of an overzealous public official.


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