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'innocent' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'innocent' with 18 example sentences.


innocent adjective

: lacking intent or capacity to injure

: free from sin

: lacking in sophistication or worldliness

: not knowledgeable about something specified

: completely wanting or lacking

: (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

: free from evil or guilt

innocent noun

: a person who lacks knowledge of evil


  • I am convinced that he is innocent.
  • I'm just an innocent bystander.
  • They swear that they're innocent.
  • The Israeli army shoots and kills innocent Palestinian people.
  • No one believes that he is innocent.
  • She keeps saying she's innocent.
  • How many innocent people were killed in Vietnam?
  • An innocent man was arrested by mistake.
  • An innocent passer-by was shot dead in broad daylight.
  • There are many innocent men in jail.
  • He shed innocent blood just for kicks.
  • The lawyer will try to show that her client is innocent.
  • It was an innocent question.
  • She was so sweet and innocent.
  • Dan wasn't so convinced that Linda was innocent.
  • A sentence is never innocent.
  • Beth argued that Sally was only pretending to be innocent.
  • The teenager insisted she was innocent of cheating.
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