NAIVETE in a Sentence

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For NAIVETE, below is one of 8 sentences:
But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.

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 Meanings and Examples of NAIVETE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
naivete
 n.  lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
Classic Sentence:
1  This naivete of expectation drove me to fury, but I restrained myself.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: IX
2  But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII
3  As soon as he said this both Prince Vasili and Anna Pavlovna turned away from him and glanced sadly at one another with a sigh at his naivete.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VI
4  But the latter's good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas' good humor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
5  "Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous," she interjoined, with excessive naivete.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
6  He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivete.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  Not only are you showing your naivete regarding moviemaking, but you are seriously insulting the brave stuntman who actually performed the feat.
2  Touched by the naivete of sweet, convent-trained Cosette, Marius pledges himself to protect her innocence.