| 单词 | innocent |
| 例句 | The lawyer in me maintains that I am completely innocent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z One article said that thousands of innocent people were convicted of crimes each year. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In recent years, dozens of people have been killed by police in the course of these raids, including elderly grandparents and those who are completely innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He only lost an eye because he attacked two innocent people!” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hadn’t there always been wars where the young men fought and the innocent died? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But these were troubled times and technically, as per the law, he was an innocent man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We are all guilty of something; the unicorn never finds anyone innocent.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But perhaps the most horrifying images from Riefenstahl’s film were seemingly the most innocent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This was a strange tale, but it did not shake my faith; and I replied earnestly, “You are all mistaken; I know the murderer. Justine, poor, good Justine, is innocent.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z I vowed that if I lived through this ordeal, I would not touch a single one of those animals they trapped and killed out there on the hillside like innocent children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d killed an innocent woman and probably hadn’t lost any sleep over it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Everyone looked innocent, eyes cast down, lips fighting laughter. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Indeed, a person could be found innocent of any criminal conduct and the property could still be subject to forfeiture. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Rampaging against innocent men, women, and children, they did not distinguish between different Native nations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Mom asks, her voice all sweet and innocent. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z That sounds like an innocent occupation, but Cohn had read and reread "The Purple Land." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Your police department—others as well—may have retired, very probably have retired, authentic humans with underdeveloped empathic ability, such as my innocent niece here. Your position, Mr. Deckard, is extremely bad morally. Ours isn’t.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Nobody had believed him when he said he was innocent. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It is scarcely worthwhile to attempt remembering how many times the sun has looked down on the slaughter of the innocents. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Well, then, why can’t they protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I’m a perfect innocent. I’d blush at the sight of a woman’s collarbones.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “We’ve been lucky,” he said, “but it can’t last much longer. You’re young. You look normal and innocent. If you keep clear of people like me, you might stay alive for another fifty years.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z So innocent little Pearl was not so innocent after all, Mrs. Richardson thought on her way back to the office. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But it is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z A curse seemed to hang over the family, making men sin in spite of themselves and bringing suffering and death down upon the innocent as well as the guilty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second I think to mention that my brother suspected Maria, but that wouldn’t be treating her like she’s innocent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It said Khrushchev wanted to take over the Belgian Congo and deprive the innocent savages of becoming a free society, as part of his plan for world domination. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are an innocent fellow, Arthur,” he said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Hodor blinked at him with guileless brown eyes, eyes innocent of understanding. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Still, it wasn’t uncommon for certain innocent, excitable girls to respond to my presence in ways they weren’t aware of. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Also, I have blotted out some names as lam afraid of getting innocent people in trouble. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They acknowledged the innocent child hiding in the corner of their hearts, holding a sugar- and-butter sandwich. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Rather, it was because that time now seemed so innocent of this future. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about how certain it was that hundreds, maybe thousands of other people were just as innocent as Walter but would never get the help they need. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was understandable, though poor form, that this young woman should be covering for her friend by casting suspicion on an innocent boy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Somehow, he survived his wounds, but the innocent bystander died. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Anyone knew they were one and the same: "Buckeye" when you were very young and hid yourself behind wide innocent eyes; "Brer," when you were older. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I give you my word of honour that last night Helena never left her compartment. She took a sleeping draught exactly as I said. She is utterly and entirely innocent.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only the innocent know the peace of untroubled sleep. Confess your sins, and you will sleep like a newborn babe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Only the Egypt gang maintained that the Professor was innocent. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The innocent man stood bewildered, a cigarette burning in his hand. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z And, without really admitting it even to themselves, all three of them kept thinking he must be innocent because if he was guilty the Egypt Game was ruined forever. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Let the guilty bury the innocent, and let no one change the evidence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There’s the tiniest tremble in her voice as she says, “You’re not the innocent little victim that Carlos makes you out to be.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My reaction was way too strong for something as innocent as my full name. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Nali ignored the plate he made for her and went to the woodpile and began to furiously slam the ax into innocent stumps. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If he truly was innocent...I didn’t want Mom to be right about him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z If some spark does set the keg afire, it will be a senseless tragedy of ignorant against ignorant, injustice answering injustice—a holocaust that will drag down the innocent and right-thinking masses of human beings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Petra and Calder admitted to each other that she just might be innocent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z You think he’s innocent? 8TH JUROR: I don’t know. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Are the migrants hiding in clumps of yellow flowers between the tracks innocents traveling north or dangerous men who are running from the law in their own countries? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It seemed so hopeless, the idea that he could be innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z It was hurtling straight for the parking lot, where a lot of innocent cars were waiting to. get bashed in. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “The second you orchestrated an attack against innocent people.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I always felt that what had happened to me was my fault, but I now know that I was just an innocent victim. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "He was weak enough, but perhaps not so innocent. He was spying on us." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “How many innocent women and children have been killed?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And trust me, every guy in this place is innocent. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The innocent yellow train that was to bring so many ambiguities and certainties, so many pleasant and unpleasant moments, so many changes, calamities, and feelings of nostalgia to Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He gasped out, “I was innocent. Artemis, you? My goddess, your huntsman is dying.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The lemonade and bun are delicious and Alphie the new baby is chirping away enjoying his baptism day too innocent to know his name is an affliction. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z This tenantless hovel, so innocent looking from the outside, was really a makeshift sheep stable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You see,” he said, “we know more than you think. If Miss Debenham is innocent, why did she conceal that fact? Why did she tell me that she had never been in America?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But their attitude had changed since they had found out that Harry had a dangerous murderer for a godfather — for Harry had conveniently forgotten to tell them that Sirius was innocent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I believe people innocent until they proven guilty.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the children sleeping, the breath flowing in and out of their innocent bodies. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Her gown was cream and green, with long lace sleeves, so modest and so innocent that any man who looked at her might think her the most chaste of maids. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If your daughter is as innocent as you d have us believe, why must you have your army present when she faces her accusers? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent, he decided. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Just innocent and smiling and playing with his dad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But because we were so innocent and we didn't even know it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “The reason Jeanine forced us to attack innocent people,” she says bitterly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It looked so innocent, that modest little brick house, with its clean white door, the peach tree in the front yard ruffled with soft pink blossoms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In 1212, a French shepherd boy had a vision that the Holy Land could be recovered by innocent children. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z She was wearing a white pinafore blouse with a blue ribbon around its collar, which made her look so very innocent, yet the way she filled the blouse out troubled me with indecent thoughts. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw the innocent, noncommittal eyes, the small smile on wet lips. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Nobody but a religious fanatic would put up with such gross ignorance for over an hour every week of their lives—nobody but religious fanatics and the innocent victims they forced to go to church. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z And Daenerys Targaryen, whatever else she might be, was still a young girl, as she herself would claim when it pleased her to play the innocent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We know for a fact that they conquered old age and death, with a spell called Vampir, which requires consuming the blood of innocents....” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sure, a giant, gushing spring chose some guy to hunt innocent people down and murder them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He had sudden outbursts of furious anger which were always fatal to the often innocent objects. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s more drug activity, more drive-by shootings, and more innocent people being killed. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I move closer and sink onto a plastic chair, a little disappointed there’s no explosion, but mostly amazed that you can mix together simple, innocent kitchen ingredients and come up with a frothing volcano. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t sign up for the National Guard to shoot innocent Americans. I signed up to defend my country.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They would look innocent to me if I didn’t know what a terrible person he is. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “This case is as clean-cut as this murderer’s knife, the knife that dismembered an innocent girl!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His face was unlined and innocent to the point of being virtuous, a Botticelli in a flight jacket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You said yourself that you think he’s innocent. I want to know for sure.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z With her smooth face, she looked like a young girl, frail, guileless, and innocent. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But the words were the same—Marcus really said he was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He waved to me and all of a sudden, he blurted out that I was innocent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Were they all really bounded by a single day, by one period of unbroken wakefulness, from the innocent rehearsals of her play to the emergence of the giant from the mist? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some of my classmates are going through a war ... an undeclared war, waged on innocent kids just trying to grow up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The questions were innocent enough, but to Candice, it felt like an inquisition. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I glared at his suddenly innocent expression with narrowed eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He still looks so innocent, despite all that he has done to prove that be is not. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She was never going to take my side—not unless I found Marcus’s alibi witness and showed her that he really was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z By dinnertime I was back to the way people always saw me; sweet, smart, and innocent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Battles happened, innocent lives were lost in the cross fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On a warm Good Friday morning, I walked out of a Birmingham jail with an innocent man who had been condemned on Alabama's death row for nearly thirty years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I turned around and saw Dylan looking at the ceiling, all innocent. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If Jack is telling the truth, and JonJon was innocent, did he fight the accusation? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Diallo was innocent, curious, and terrified—and every one of those emotions must have been written all over his face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s the ones who look innocent I need to beware. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His food, which was sitting on the plate in front of him, very innocent and oblivious, gets destroyed over the next twenty seconds as he eats half of it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “You do not believe the Count’s positive assertion—on his word of honour—that his wife is innocent?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I just stared at her, trying to look as innocent as possible. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “But in such a case,” objected the doctor, “the person indicated being innocent, would not take steps to conceal her identity.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But now that I wanted to figure out if he was really innocent, I needed to know exactly what happened the day of the crime. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Besides, there was no way Richard could know that she knew Clara was dead, and so her question was innocent enough. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I refrained from explaining that I was too busy working on the case of an innocent black man the community was trying to execute after a racially biased prosecution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What my brother tricked Adiah into doing to Lkossa nearly a hundred years ago was...cataclysmic, an unprecedented violence against the innocent.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “What about you, you cave fairy? Plastering your absurd interpretations onto the most innocent of gestures.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Ain’t nobody innocent,” Matthew says bitterly, sniffing away his last bits of weepy snot and hefting up his machete again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “That’s not it,” he disagreed, but his eyes were too innocent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Baba says Hitler was crazy, that he ordered a lot of innocent people killed,” I heard myself say before I could clamp a hand on my mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There was only one way I could think of to know whether or not he was really innocent, and that was to find the alibi witness. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z May 10—I asked Professor Nemur about it, and he insists that I’m an innocent bystander and there’s no reason for me to become involved in what would be an unpleasant situation. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Men with rich voices, who were always tall and dark, won the hearts of young women who were always petite and innocent. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Who puts a dining table on the beach where innocent demigods can crash into it? Who does that?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I consider knocking over some flowerpots, but that wouldn’t be fair to the innocent plants, who are only trying to lead a peaceful existence of photosynthesis and respiration. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but like, it’s saying that Rashad is innocent, so that makes his brother guilty.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was so small, so innocent, and yet there was a precociousness about him, but it was a sunny one; he did not nurse dark intentions about the adults in his world. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Deep down, I would be loyal to Betsy and her innocent friends. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When Julius saw her again tomorrow, what would he see in those sweet innocent eyes so urgently, appealingly looking up into his? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “He’s really a very innocent little pig. He doesn’t even know what’s going to happen to him around Christmastime; he has no idea that Air. Zuckerman and Lurvy are plotting to kill him.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Since getting in the way meant standing between guns and innocents, and saved a great number of lives.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The truth, however, is that most people stopped and searched in the War on Drugs are perfectly innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z After being hazed into the most popular sorority at our school, these innocent girls didn’t stay innocent for long. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I could not wrap my head around why anyone would want to harm innocent people, or understand how hatred could fuel such violence. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Matsika talked of seemingly innocent topics, but the detective had the impression he was studying them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Most of them had several years on me, and I could never shake the feeling that they were privy to family secrets and scandals that I was too young and innocent to know about. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z This has the effect of turning girls into mere objects, while boys are seen by girls as whole people—” And then Lara stood up, and in her delicate, innocent accent, cut Dr. William Morse off. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Everyone trusted Tom because he had such an open, innocent face, and yet—“He’s an unnatural little weevil,” growled Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I saw he had only been pretending all this time to be so innocent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Sure, Tai,” Char says, all sweet and innocent. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He had a horror of harming an innocent person. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Cassiopeia, wide-eyed and innocent, merely shrugged and ate another cake. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Do you call him ‘John’?” asked Meg, smiling, with her innocent eyes looking down into her mother’s. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Should she speak to him? try to bring him back to a sense of decency? remind him of where he was? of what fatal mischief he might do to these poor innocents? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Guilty or innocent, they have everything to lose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a cigarette in his mouth and an innocent look on his face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z More favors, innocent enough — packages to the mailbox, expeditious disposal of a bumblebee. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If I had a knife, I would kill him now, she thought, until she remembered the girls: Her throat constricted as she said, "You were a knight, sworn to defend the weak and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He puts words to the prayers I cannot speak: “Please take James’s soul into heaven with You, because he was just an innocent child.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “There’s another official report that says you were stabbed by an innocent girl in the course of extensive black-market operations involving acts of sabotage and the sale of military secrets to the enemy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Her suntanned face turned toward me with the innocent curiosity of a lively baby. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry,” he said, clearly doing his best to look innocent. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Momentarily, I'd felt a pang at killing something so fresh and innocent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When the invasion comes and the bombs start falling, it’ll be every man for himself, but this time we feared for those good, innocent Christians who are helping us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “A powerful white man,” Coach says, woeful, “jailed an innocent black man. Dumas was disappeared.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m innocent!” the boy my age sobbed as they dragged him up onto the gallows and put the hangman’s noose around his neck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I suggest that the innocents check with her. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Was she perfectly fine sending innocent people to jail? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Plus there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But in fact, murdering innocent people and burning their homes and fields requires very little courage or sacrifice. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “It made all the difference in the world, Harry. You helped uncover the truth. You saved an innocent man from a terrible fate.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We his daughters and wife are not innocent either. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on looking innocent, which is harder than you’d think, and I wished I’d practiced that in the mirror too. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing in goal with their innocent, goofy smiles, they seemed less likely to take out an attacking forward than to hug him and invite him over to play. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Under normal circumstances, if the men were innocent, he maintained, they would have been given a phone call and the opportunity to post bail. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes there are landmarks along the way to doom and destruction, seemingly innocent paths along which we merrily tread, smiling as we go, into the pits of Deepest Hell. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t want him to stand up there and tell people I was innocent. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Like maybe he used to be innocent like that and people just let him go by without catching him? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Were going to get caught, probably, and when we do, just let me talk. You just look cute and be that weird mix of innocent and confident, and we’ll be fine.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z All those innocent men, women, and children died like Mr. Harvey in great pain. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I picked two of the more innocent fields of study I could think of, and he seemed to relax a bit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Destroy the threat, wipe it out, no matter that the person in front of you was innocent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was sick of him manipulating me with his calm, innocent suggestions. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We all nodded, and took up innocent stances. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And even though the stories Chaim told were terrible, of German planes shooting down the refugees on the road and the executions of innocent men, there was more laughter than tears. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One of the benefits of looking innocent is you’re able to get away with things. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I think he saw a Black man being charged with murder, and saw no reason to believe he was actually innocent,” Grandma explained. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z There, on each page, was an illustration of some terrible danger that awaited young innocent children. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He expected them to fear that the Earthling combination of ferocity and spectacular weaponry might eventually destroy part or maybe all of the innocent Universe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Can you imagine just going into a courtroom and straight-up making up a story that puts an innocent man on death row? I'm not sure we can trust anything he says.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had long since perfected the innocent look. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Several dozen innocent people who had been wrongly condemned to death row had been freed before him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You know it, I know it, God knows it. Do not compound your sin on the flesh of innocents! It shall not cleanse!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was so innocent that he asked her what had happened to her and Amaranta pretended to dig into her breasts with the tips of her fingers and answered: “They gave me some terrible cuts.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “What did I bring on those poor, innocent people? How could I have done big magic? And so carelessly!” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The innocent blood of these little girls may well serve as a redemptive force that will bring new light to this dark city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z No one knew that the Professor was guilty; but at the same time, no one knew anything about him that would make them believe he was innocent. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, it was a totally innocent question. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I watch as he stretches from a little boy into the broom-size of a man, his height mounting the innocent fabric that splits our one-room house into two spaces, two mats, two worlds. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z They live with doubts, suspecting dead relatives or old family friends or guardians—some of whom might be guilty and some of whom might be innocent. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Mr. Malcolm X, what about those ‘Blood Brothers,’ reportedly affiliated with your organization, reportedly trained for violence, who have killed innocent white people?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They were so innocent, so vulnerable, so eager to behave decently. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “What?” she asked, her eyes all big and innocent. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You are accusing me of the crime. Me? I am innocent. I am absolutely innocent. Why should I want to kill a Monsieur whom I have never seen before?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you look so nice,” she said, “so innocent.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Our Lord is benevolent. But that poor African bird can’t be relieved of what you’ve taught it. It’s an innocent creature that can only repeat what it hears. The damage is done.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore suspenders and a white blouse, looking like the innocent child he would have been in a different world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Ralph shuddered at the thought of bloodthirsty cats stalking his innocent little brothers, sisters, and cousins. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Humanity is innocent; humanity is guilty, and both states are undeniably true. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Even when we explained that he was wrongfully convicted and later proved innocent, we couldn't get anyone to admit him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The most innocent things can call back the most terrible. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Knights defend the weak and protect the innocent, they say. And I am the fairest maid in all Volantis.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Coming from her small, innocent mouth, it seems like even more than that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Yet Sirius had been innocent — the murders for which he had been convicted had been committed by Worm- tail, Voldemort’s supporter, whom nearly everybody now believed dead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Our leaders were still innocent about how many American lives it would cost to defeat the determined Japanese. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was as clean as Bors—indeed, he was cleaner. He was perfectly innocent God says something about suffering little children to come unto Him.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe we could even keep him,” Lily suggested sweetly, trying to look innocent. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He began to sit out there all day and part of the night, and finally he took a potshot at an innocent truck that was just passing by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the crook that had stolen them probably would've said, his voice very innocent and all, "What gloves?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Prior to the trial, at which Andrews pleaded innocent by reason of insanity, the psychiatric staff of the Menninger Clinic conducted an exhaustive examination of the accused; this produced a diagnosis of “schizophrenia, simple type.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Duntz agrees with him; having studied the files on unsolved Las Vegas homicides, he knows Smith to be innocent of this particular deed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z If I was not innocent, then they were not innocent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Everything around him seemed innocent, and he could see for some way ahead, it was all quite all right. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Local papers had painted Walter as a dangerous drug dealer who had possibly murdered several innocent teenagers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The axiom that a man is innocent until proved guilty by a court of law has been flagrantly ignored once again in the State of Mississippi. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He liked the noise and the smells, both good and bad, and the faces, both innocent and crafty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I tried to sound as innocent as I might while moaning in pain. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The goblin-dwarf turf war had flared up again, and every morning hordes of angry parents showed up demanding the release of their innocent offspring. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I was losing sleep over another man on Alabama's death row, a man who was clearly innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just the other day I says to Ignatius, ‘Ignatius, I think people innocent until they prove guilty.’” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the United States you are innocent until they prove you guilty. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The causeway has become a sparkling road of stones and white shells, and the quicksand on either side, grim graveyard of nearly a hundred knights, looks as innocent as any beach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I knew what a tremendous price had been paid by the “innocents”—my friends—in the name of freedom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The Lord protects the innocent,” she says, then leaves as silently as she came. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It is the story of an eight-year-old girl, sweet and seemingly innocent, the prize of her picture-perfect family, who her mother suspects is a murderer. Allegedly 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z “Wear innocent expressions,” Mom told us kids the first time we dropped Dad off in front of the bank. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “This is a horrific deed....So many innocent people are dead.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Hundreds more have been released after being proved innocent of noncapital crimes through DNA testing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He came out of reform school as innocent of viciousness as he was of fractions and long division. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z These are the innocent boy’s new sisters and brothers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I’d like to be. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It seemed pointless to try and tell his counselor that he was innocent. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The other revealed Saint Giles, protecting the innocent deer from hunters, a constant reminder as to what our faith should be. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Duping innocent people isn’t something to be proud of.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But this new element—the innocent child—put his lapse beyond mitigation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You are doubtless simply innocent campers. We will continue upward and wish you a good night.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t play innocent. You knew why you were here!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "But I want everyone to know she is innocent." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If he was innocent, then he was surrounded by criminals. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Media coverage of all the innocent people wrongly convicted had an effect on the death-sentencing rate in America, which began to decline in 1999. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Bullfighting is a cruel sport where innocent animals are tormented, tortured, killed, and have their ears cut off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She brought her hands slowly together, pressed them palm to palm in an innocent, prayerful display of flesh on flesh. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Most people are going to have a hard enough time accepting that we’re not monsters, without reports about us maiming innocent people,” Clancy said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Someone innocent of the mess on the sidewalk ahead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The act remedied this insanity to some extent; it provides an “innocent owner” defense to those whose property has been seized. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Someone innocent or trusting or simply troubled might not see through all that, might not see that under all that calm he’s a wolf. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If that kind of organization existed, then innocent people must go to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll finish off this business, and then we’ll stroll across Capricorn’s square and walk away like an innocent pair of lovers.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then they were told to drop off the questionnaire at the end of the hallway and return to the classroom—a simple, seemingly innocent academic exercise. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Only it was very innocent, looked at in the right way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was innocent of the notion of angular size. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is a schoolboy grudge worth putting an innocent man back inside Azkaban?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z In the aisles of country churches and grand city cathedrals, witnessed by a whole society of approving family and friends, her heroines and heroes reached their innocent climaxes and needed to go no further. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I put on my most innocent expression and shake my head. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z That seemed the most innocent thing to do. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He was proud of never having hurt an innocent bystander. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained to Joe how disappointed we were that the State had destroyed the biological evidence that might have allowed us to prove he was innocent through DNA testing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She saw the charming, ugly face, talking so seriously about the interests of its honest heart She loved these interests—loved the old soldier to follow so faithfully his innocent love of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Always the innocent are the first victims,” he said. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z How many more innocent children like these were going to be hurt and killed? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “The people in the city, as a whole, are innocent. The people in the Bureau, who supplied Jeanine with the attack simulation, are not innocent.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “What?” said George, in an innocent tone that deceived nobody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He says no one is innocent, except maybe you, Madeline Whittier. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think the terrorists don’t understand that. If they did, they couldn’t hurt innocent people.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z And that one, the fat one, the glutton, the bomber, the mutilator of innocent children. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He was innocent, he claimed, and yet he was made to parade through the halls naked and threatened with being put in a mental institution. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anybody who robbed innocent demigods with a giant turtle deserved a few nasty curses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In a second I have two bottles of lemonade up under my jersey and I saunter away trying to look innocent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying it was a perfect idea. I get that innocent people suffered, but maybe it did help in some way. Who knows?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “They were innocent, defenseless kittens and you left them outside someone’s mailbox! A mailbox!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z History could be like that, especially for the innocent. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They recalled the sacrifice of Iphigenia, lovely, innocent young thing, trusting her father utterly, and then confronted with the altar, the cruel knives, and only pitiless faces around her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor Lance! What an innocent you must have been.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So, as the head of the court martial, Washington weighed the evidence and listened to Church, who claimed he was innocent. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z State and federal courts have persistently insulated prosecutors from accountability for egregious misconduct that results in innocent people being sent to death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly be innocent if he’d been in prison my whole life. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Quan, I know you confessed. You don’t have to act innocent with me.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Rather than trample on the innocent feline, Annette attempted to do a little leap over said animal, while balancing about forty-seven cans of cat food in her arms. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "A Gestapo badge is not a license to abuse innocent people." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Used colloquially, it signals something innocent: an amplification of joy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Then why has a Grisha never been found innocent at the end of your supposedly fair trials?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But you are very young, child. You don’t understand how sometimes evil can seem innocent and harmless. ’Tis dangerous for you to see that woman. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z My reply was too fast and too innocent. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The sparrows were so frail, helpless, and innocent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “We have seen barren woman give birth, stomach worm transformed to innocent babe, dragon defeated by a girl who appeared from nowhere!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court shackles the police, compounds confusion in the legislatures of the states, and turns loose murderers and rapists to repeat their evil deeds upon the innocent and law-abiding members of society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Just a child, blond and innocent, but then weren’t they all? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I roll off the table and sit on the bench for a second, and Kim follows me and sits next to me, and I can tell we’re both trying to look innocent and failing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Had the Chevalier meeting really been that innocent? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t act so innocent, child! Have I not taught you to look closely about you?” he asked, his voice sharp. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I wholly supported my wife and maintained that while she had shown poor judgment, she was innocent of any serious charges. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione had come in for her fair share of unpleasantness too, but she hadn’t yet started yelling at innocent bystanders; in fact, Harry was full of admiration for the way she was handling the situation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “But if Marcus is innocent, he doesn’t have all the time in the world,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z In a few months, to their innocent amazement and consternation, Katie found out that she was pregnant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “They planted a bomb that killed innocent people to make a political point,” he said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z "You're innocent, after all. I thought you'd like to know that. Your lawyer came to get you yesterday. Too bad you weren't here." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It is widely believed that since so many people came into extremely intimate contact with DDT and suffered no immediate ill effects the chemical must certainly be innocent of harm. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But there was a good deal of comment at the time—nine people out of ten thought Seton was innocent and that the judge's summing up had been vindictive. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z An all-out grin, trying to make his face look innocent. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z He forced himself to walk forward, trying to seem innocent without acting like someone who was guilty who was trying to act innocent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was tom between the demands of his body, which was becoming that of a man, and the sweetness of a feeling that was still tinged with the innocent games of childhood. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s got all the idealism of the sixties with none of the reality checks. He’s not a criminal, he’s the exact opposite—totally innocent in every sense of the word.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It had been mailed in Barcelona, but the envelope was addressed in conventional blue ink by an official hand and it had the innocent and impersonal look of hostile messages. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It’s not just because of the dangers of hitting some innocent bystander during the chase, although that is clearly part of the worry, since about three hundred Americans are killed accidentally every year during chases. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z "A love so true and innocent, Your Grace, it would be cruel to deny it . . . and yet, what can we do? Her father stands condemned." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In outlining the situation, Dewey emphasized his reasons for considering secrecy of the first importance: “Remember, there’s a possibility these men are innocent.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of our exchanges are innocent, strictly business, but sometimes—when our chats happen late at night—I feel the tug that reminds me of the moment during our dinner when he’d leaned close. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His easy half smile, almost a look of innocent curiosity, assured me that, at least for now, the beating would wait. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The innocent ones just sink like a stone.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “No; because they turn them over to the courts. You kill and you don’t kill the killers. You kill innocent people.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray convinced Dexter he was innocent, and the King family agreed with Dexter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z How it might infect his own life to hate his wife, and kill some innocent man to get what he wanted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z What I wanted to know was if it was really possible for an innocent person to go to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They simpered in happy, almost innocent triumph when they were applauded. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hammond claimed he was innocent, the victim of a political setup. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It made no difference to Hera how reluctant any of them were or how innocent; the goddess treated them all alike. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed that the witness must be lying and that Rose and Joe were innocent. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She closes her eyes and opens them again like she’s looking at the world for the first time—so innocent and pure. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The poor innocent would be stuck in limbo all eternity! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which, in fact, it intended that you should perish. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z We took to it the horrifying news that the Irgun had hanged two innocent British sergeants in retaliation for the three Irgunists who were hanged on the twenty-ninth of July. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Always suspect an ing word of dangling if it’s near the front of a sentence; consider it guilty until proved innocent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That beautiful, innocent angel reborn; Sandy said her face will be scarred for life. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He already knew the Shetani was a vicious thing, knew that it had killed plenty of innocent people. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And they saw the Lamb’s eye and the truly innocent victim: themselves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "I fear so, my lord. It is so sad. So grievous sad. And them so young and innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were all innocents playing out their unsuspecting parts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z After long seasons of slow preparation for an innocent death, the world is theirs at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just look at his loot. Who knows how many other innocent people he’s hoodwinked into buying that snake oil. I insist that he be put under arrest.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t pick pockets. You don’t sell whiskey to eat out people’s brains. You’re my sweet, innocent child.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z At the time Walter was set free, Alabama was not among the handful of states that provided aid to innocent people released from prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But no matter how carefully I weighed my memories, I could recall no innocent intimacy, no games, no playing, none of the association that usually exists between young people living in the same house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you sure you are not an agent of the Nigerian government? It is you white people who allowed Gowon to kill innocent women and children.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And I don’t want to see this dude get his heart shattered all over the place, okay? He seems so innocent. He clearly has no idea what he’s getting himself into.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Let wood from the forests of Eyllwe defeat steel from Adarlan. Let the King’s Champion be someone who understands how the innocents suffer.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I think we are very similar to each other because we both had innocent friends die. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Was it the wicked leaders who led innocent populations to slaughter, or was it wicked populations who chose leaders after their own hearts? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Compared to the world I'm used to, she seems so pure and innocent. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “If the same act had been done by her brother under the same circumstances, the act would have been not only innocent, but honorable and laudable,” Selden argued. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “You, my sweet, innocent children, are going to deliver this precious cargo to the fine establishments of our fair city. In your charming wagon, of course.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was wondering whether he’d be keeping it on his head every minute for months, just because of one innocent comment some kid had made. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, they thought we were a part of some grand circle of thieves, but we were innocent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Celie was violated, tormented, humiliated, degraded; yet through it all, she remained innocent! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z All but Eurylokhos— who feared a snare—the innocents went after her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “If he was innocent, then I feel very bad,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I went up there as innocent as a lamb.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Courts have not been forgiving of women in these circumstances, frequently concluding that “the nature and circumstances of the marital relationship may give rise to an inference of knowledge by the spouse claiming innocent ownership.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Tori tilts her head, her eyes wide, innocent. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It might not have been her fault, but she couldn’t feel innocent of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “She is innocent, my Elizabeth,” said I, “and that shall be proved; fear nothing, but let your spirits be cheered by the assurance of her acquittal.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z This “volume” approach to drug enforcement sweeps up extraordinary numbers of innocent people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Listen, I’m an innocent bystander here,” Oliver entreated, hands held up in surrender. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who introduced my innocent being to that den of a bar. Actually, it’s all the fault of that dreadful girl, Myrna. She must be punished for her misdeeds.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face and her laughter were childlike and innocent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That' s why they holding the trial—so the jury can say if he's innocent or not. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The receptionist was not innocent and neither was I. The whole charade we had played out in that crummy waiting room had directly to do with me, Black, and her, white. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Quicker than a bolt of lightning, it was as if I was going through the same pain and suffering as those innocent twins who were so exploited and mutilated. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I swear I feel like an ax murderer, even though I’m totally innocent. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was a girl, and her eyes were still open, with an interrupted innocent smile on her face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Someone fast and smart and good at looking innocent. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My brother, ever innocent, had a way of giving everyone in the world a chance to prove him wrong. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Who kept vigilant watch to tell the innocent stroller that the fields he was about to enter were deadly — all their vegetation coated with a lethal film? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Anyway, Kyle’s dad thought about it with an innocent look on his face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Prosper and Riccio were sitting in front of his desk, wearing their most innocent faces. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t think the Party would arrest an innocent man, do you?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z You have, and many of us have, defeated this intention; and, by a terrible law, a terrible paradox, those innocents who believed that your imprisonment made them safe are losing their grasp of reality. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z "And how long will this one remain an innocent?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Had it come from a vicious beast, hunted down by warriors, or had it belonged to something innocent and afraid? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Maya’s mother came back through the kitchen this time, and Maya immediately put on her most innocent face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Taking their cue from the innocent Johnny, they sat down on the fallen palm trunks and waited. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Crush a little innocent shrimp that was walking by. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “If they ask, they ask. But for you, such an innocent...” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She sounded so like Sansa, so happy and innocent with her dreams. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My innocent mind couldn’t understand what was going on at the time, though. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The other night, on TV, I saw people in Bosnia running across the street, getting fired upon, killed, innocent victims . . . and I just started to cry. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One night as I sat on the floor rocking, sleepless, deranged by exhaustion, cradling this innocent wreck of a baby, I just started to talk out loud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I really do want change,” he said, using the innocent childish voice that had served him well coundess times before. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z For their most innocent words were acts of violence to which we of the campus were hypersensitive though we endured them not. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We weren’t innocent,” Ben says strongly, and suddenly his Noise tastes bitter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Julia asks, pretending she doesn’t know what I’m talking about, and acting all innocent. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting idly by some fire, sticking pins into a wax doll while miles away a drug-crazed draccus rolled in the flaming wreckage of some innocent family’s farm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I heard judgment in the innocent questions people would ask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I had to pay my respects to this innocent creature, cut down in the prime of life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z He was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Bonnie was a dour, spindly woman whose thick girlish braids fell like leashes over the innocent puppies pictured on her sweatshirt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z For these innocent people have no other hope. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “Everything we do seems so innocent and simple. I can’t believe we do anything wrong.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “So you pronounce one person at least innocent of the crime,” said M. Bouc jovially. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The commercial said that the whole movie was about him trying to prove that he was innocent and how he could go to jail anyway. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, maybe you shouldn’t irrigate that field, Jose. Maybe innocent people will get involved. Or even hurt.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet it is hard to believe that Homo sapiens was completely innocent. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was about ten notches too innocent, so I responded just as innocently. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Never in my innocent childhood did I prepare for being in the Congo one dark night with ants tearing at my scalp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Controlled by the simulation, he will now murder the people he called innocent not three minutes ago. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Those people I wrote and read letters for seemed as innocent as Jesus Christ and his mother, Mary. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Another important feature of the tournament was that Lancelot, with innocent idiocy, alienated the Orkneys finally and for good. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I told them that I had heard of criminals masquerading as freedom fighters, harassing innocent people and setting alight vehicles; these rogues had no place in the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Miss Scatcherd told me I never cleaned my nails, I was about as quiet and innocent as a Large-Billed Puffin. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The real point here, however, is not that innocent people are locked up. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He was a quirky kid, funny, and he seemed innocent, but who was to say? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But Morse definitely suspected that whatever had happened in the Gulf, the Americans were hardly innocent bystanders. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There is something at once innocent and irreverent about the gesture, and she is reminded, forcefully, of why she still loves him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “He says he was at your house looking at the futon you were selling when the crime happened. I’m here to find out if he’s telling the truth. If he really is innocent.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Leonard is innocent, but because of the way he was raised, he is going to stay in prison for the rest of his life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Shortly after my first trip to see Walter's family I received a call from a young man named Darnell Houston who told me that he could prove that Walter was innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I hope he doesn’t think I’m a miscreant or something, sitting in parks and preying on innocent teenagers. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t want the deaths of innocents on my conscience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was “of an easy-going innocent nature,” a reporter later observed, “he mistrusted nothing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I can see it back there, innocent and beribboned, like a child’s doll: irretrievable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z During his continued trips around the city, he saw cars set afire, buggies overturned and their horses lashed, women assaulted, sailors fighting with civilians, and rocks and eggs thrown at innocent bystanders. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z If it escaped, wouldn’t it flood the world and all the innocent people? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Quakers, he argued, were infamous innocents incessantly disposed to drip their precious purity like holy water over everyone else’s sins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When someone innocent gets struck down, we all look sharper for a day or two. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And then my stomach rumbled at the thought of all that fresh and innocent meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Those squeaky hinges were the answer to everything, they explained the inexplicable, they wiped out the contradiction between Gebu’s innocent daytime behavior and his mysteriously increasing wealth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We must, by law, keep a record of the innocents we kill. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Did they know that the meeting ceremony ritual was not so innocent, that it wasn’t just an exchange of goods?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I thought of the email from Professor Thomas, and how Grandma also thought Marcus was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z He was, as one biographer observed with an all but audible sigh, "almost entirely innocent of rhetorical accomplishments." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Wasn’t that the whole point of them, to be good and innocent and righteous? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It seemed a far-off, innocent time, but it was no more than ten days ago. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Unfortunately Secretary Riley can’t change what happened to my brother and me, but maybe he can help us spread our message so it doesn’t happen to another innocent teen. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The redhead was still standing there with the most innocent expression, his hands folded neatly behind his back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z My words were innocent enough, but they indicated, it seemed, a consciousness on my part that infuriated white people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All I knew was that she recognized him, but everything inside of me hoped it was true—that he really was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z By writing about the images he saw in Sarajevo, he was ensuring that no one would deny that ethnic cleansing was taking place, and that thousands of innocent men were being taken to their deaths. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I didn't think innocent people went to prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Seems pretty ethical to get your secret out in the open, miss. To stop innocent schoolkids being chopped up.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I press my foot to his chest, right under his throat, and our eyes meet, his wide and innocent and nothing like what’s inside him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Just as he finished congratulating himself on his innocent ruse he was bumped hard by one of his opponents and knocked to his knees. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In other words, he was not above seeing an innocent man die for his crime. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Her face became young and innocent and bravely hurt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Other, less innocent things scuttled out of their way as they climbed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On re-direct examination, I asked Ralph to acknowledge once again that his trial testimony was false and that he had knowingly put an innocent man on death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It accused him of supporting terrorism, of being anti-American, of believing it was okay to kill innocent people because he wanted access to seventy-two virgins. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That night I dreamed of the king’s pale and bloodless corpse sprinkled with innocent white and pink blossoms. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nine of us now seem to feel that the defendant is innocent, but we’re just gambling on probabilities. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The cause of all the commotion sat serenely, his rapt, innocent gaze never straying from the minister’s face, his hand still cupped over the imprisoned fly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Just lucky?” asked Mona, with an innocent look. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a giant bite of s’more, peeking up at him with my widest, most innocent eyes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z They strung up the guilty and, in the interest of prevention, a robust percentage of the innocent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the counselor stated that Mr. Paine Underwood had made “significant though sometimes painful progress” in managing his temper, and that he presented “no immediate threat to himself, his family, or the innocent public.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The fact that there were any good wells at all within a day’s march of the city only went to prove that Daenerys Targaryen was still an innocent where siegecraft was concerned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The people of Weep were innocent—most of them—and she did torment them, but...what choice did she have? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z An innocent teenager in the middle of God’s green hell with no telephone, and not on speaking terms with her parents? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Laius was killed by robbers, not by his son—the poor innocent who died upon the mountain.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Paul and the other witnesses were convinced that Kelli had been a crazy, firebomb-throwing cheerleader, while I had simply been an innocent bystander who’d panicked and ran from the scene. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Just know that it concerns an item of immense destructive power. An item that would put many, many innocent lives at risk were it placed in the wrong hands.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She had no wrinkles, and when her mouth was closed she gave the impression of extreme youth because of the innocent look on her face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of a thing is that to do to an innocent fig tree, wither it instantly? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Scores of innocent people were arrested, prosecuted, jailed, banished, beaten, tortured, and murdered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be based on simple justice—he was an innocent man. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The court didn't conclude that he was innocent and must be released, but it ruled in our favor on every other claim and ordered a new trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe that many innocent people were convicted. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z When Mo opened the door of her room she quickly closed her eyes and tried to breathe as slowly as you do in a deep, innocent sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It regards Prince Hamlet. I have learned that you often meet him in secret, wearing a rustic disguise. I doubt your silly games are merely innocent,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Perhaps she could think of some way to tell them, some apparently innocent remark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For all that he felt drawn into Lawrence’s field of attraction, Lilienthal was no innocent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Walter was not the first person to be released from death row after being proved innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You precocious chick! Who put that into your head?” said Jo, enjoying the innocent revelation as much as the Professor. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Ike and Felix, who were standing like innocent choirboys. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He rang the doorbell of a rich-looking house on Sterns Avenue and prepared his most innocent and sweetest smile for whoever opened the door. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were beating on innocent people. That old woman.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Next, Booth visited a boardinghouse on H Street, a few blocks from Ford’s Theatre, to pay what looked like an innocent social call on the owner. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I read about them at the library. lf you’re really innocent, maybe they could get you out of prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “You were so innocent. I doubt you’d even kissed a girl yet.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Or are they standing between Dauntless guns and Erudite innocents, taking bullets for the sake of peace? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I gave her that innocent look and just said, “Boy, you must have been in a sound sleep. The fire whistle was going on for a long time before you woke.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Well, we’re hesitant to believe these guys. For one, they’ve both tried to implicate innocent parties before. For two, the third young man did not mention you, which, considering the circumstances, is a little odd.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If there were such a goddess in a book of olden tales, she would be the villain, tormenting the innocent from her high castle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Because I knew the thoughts of my prey, I could pass over the innocent and pursue only the evil. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He repeatedly told us that he knew that McMillian was innocent and he would help us prove it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I suggest that the innocents check with her. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The evidence confirmed his innocence and Mr. Hinton became the 152nd person in America exonerated and proved innocent after having been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Under the Sabotage Law, the onus was on the defense to prove the accused innocent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No one in the Angel family was ever innocent. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Why weren’t liberal whites doing something to stop the slaughter of innocent black children? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She was stopped by two patrols and had to open all the food baskets, but the children’s contagious gaiety and the innocent contents of the baskets sent all suspicion flying. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I give him an innocent look of confusion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Only I’m not trying to save random innocent kids who’re running around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z You punished an innocent soul by leaving her in her solitude. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my expression very innocent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Ha! True. True. I'm not saying I'm innocent. I'm saying you're guilty, too." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z That was the second innocent thing I killed, if you count the bull. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The film was horrific for its time, a villain played by a young girl, appearing as innocent as any other. Allegedly 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z But, trying to look as innocent as possible, he replied, "Sir?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “He probably killed lots of innocent people. All these guys probably did.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Laila had seen enough killing of innocents caught in the cross fire of enemies. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “My family is dead and no one is innocent.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z ‘And so two days after Mr. Dana found him innocent of stealing my cup he comes to me privately, confesses the theft, and wishes to return it to me.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The tender grasses peek up, innocent yellow, through the ground: the children of the dead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And the thing that hurt him the most was that because of his problems—not the kids’ problems—Dr. Barnes was going to use this innocent little newspaper as the whip to send him packing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I feel sick to my stomach when innocent people die,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The Irish put down my poor innocent Macushla. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I will not be interfered with by Jane,” said Mrs. Pocket, with a majestic glance at that innocent little offender. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Could we switch partners if we wanted to?” said Julian, looking very innocent. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Let it go, you mongrel cur! It’s only a tiny, innocent lamb,” I cried, pummeling his back. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even though the Egypt gang had decided that the Professor was innocent, what if they just might be wrong? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Spurge babbled, “You can’t—why kill the goblin? Please, my lord. He’s innocent of...No! Why would the king of the goblins want a goblin’s head?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As the war progressed, the youth lost track of their goals and started killing innocent villagers. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I clanged the heater door shut and gave them my best innocent grin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “That can’t be all of it. I mean, innocent people died. Families, relationships were broken. Destroyed.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z His eyes still have that wide, innocent look, but this time, I believe it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His punishment was deserved, but his daughter suffered as terribly as he and she was innocent of all wrong. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I am not so innocent of warcraft as you think, old man. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But then I read that the year before, a record number of innocent people were freed from prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Roy Lee gave me his best innocent look and held up his hands. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He never comprehended, for example, the transparent nature of glass, and in moments of great emotion he would charge the windows at a gallop, with the innocent intention of catching a fly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to determine if farmers were Viet Cong or not, and an insistence on a high body count number contributed to innocent civilian deaths. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Or what if the Professor was innocent, but the somebody else who wasn’t really did live right in the neighborhood, as so many people seemed to think? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Must the manager himself come, and in the process must it be demonstrated to the entire innocent family that the investigation of this suspicious circumstance could only be entrusted to the intelligence of the manager? The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned and looked again at Matilda who looked back at him with large innocent brown eyes. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z People probably would have remembered the St. Francis Dam better if its collapsing failure had caused the cancelation of an Academy Awards presentation, as opposed to just killing about five hundred innocent victims. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The music stopped and the guests gathered in the main hall where a small, innocent priest, adorned with the vestments of high mass, read the complicated sermon he had written exalting confused and impracticable virtues. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Since then, Lucila explained, Chango often takes out his rage on innocent palm trees, and to this day the lizard’s throat is swollen and mute with the god’s gift. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed that if you committed a crime, you got the punishment you deserved, and innocent people would always be proven innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z They made Marcus sound guilty, even though he said he was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She spat on the doorknob twice, a ritual that, she once told me, protected the innocent and kept all evil spirits away, including the police. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked like a university freshman who was innocent or dumb, or both. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I was just curious,” said Lina, in her most innocent voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She was beautiful, as innocent as dawn on winter hills. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumpff always stood for law, no matter what his own political opinions might be, and we were convinced that when it came to law, we could only be found innocent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re here to decide whether he’s guilty or innocent of murder, not to go into reasons why he grew up this way. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw her as the passionate spirit of innocent youth, now beleaguered by the trick which is played on youth—the trick of treachery in the body, which turns flesh into green bones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To Cabot, Alma Ember seemed just innocent enough to be loved but adventurous enough not to bore the hell out of everyone. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Penelope would not soon forget the horrified looks upon those three innocent faces. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Because of silence, the Nazis tormented six million innocent souls to death. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z You are innocent until you understand, the priest of the church said, and you will understand good and evil when the communion is placed in your mouth and God fills your body. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t let their innocent faces fool you. They’re traitors to the war effort. Spies for Germany. The penalty for hiding them ...” “We aren’t hiding anything,” the leader said gruffly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But when I get up to investigate, I always find my mother sound asleep, looking innocent the way chronically guilty people do sometimes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The jury decided the killings of Fannie and Joseph Starzeleski were justifiable homicide, saying, “There were no innocent bystanders,” and “Everyone in the crowd was guilty of rioting.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Here was the lesson: I was not an innocent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I find that a little funny, coming from you. I would expect Marcus’s son to understand that not all those people are innocent.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The whole thing was about how could he go into the war and kill innocent people. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was too innocent to understand how much they were making fun of him, how cruel people were. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But now that I knew Marcus might be innocent, there was no way I could stop. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Under an innocent and misleading name, Nugent’s organization carried out all kinds of missions, dangerous, complicated, tedious, and sometimes downright illegal. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The local writers complained that the Morrisons had to worry and deal with the stress that new publicity “could lead many people to think McMillian is innocent.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “In his last letter, when Marcus told me he’s innocent, were you surprised?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z His eyes dashed over to him, and Javier tried to act like he was innocent. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “A squirrel who writes poetry? Pah! Squirrels are nothing but thieving rodents. Rats with fluffy tails! They’re bullies who steal food from innocent birds.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Pictures of dozens of hidden exchanges, of children going into hiding, of innocent, innocent people. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Horrifying mental images of classrooms in which rapacious black boys sat within arm’s reach of their innocent daughters flickered through their heads. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The image of Pita looking so innocent and young made me think of the dead man’s children, sitting at home, wondering what happened to their papá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I looked at his concerned, innocent expression and was disoriented again by the force of his gold-colored eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes when you catch the dude thinking he almost looks like an innocent little kid. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The words rang in his head: An innocent soul. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One might expect that I, being at that time perfectly innocent of any crime against either Bunny or humanity, would not myself be a target of this ongoing sniper fire. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to establish a motive for the murder of that innocent girl!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite being on the other side of the world, he pointed out similarities between their lives: in Sarajevo, innocent kids get shot by snipers; in Long Beach they get shot in drive-bys. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was queer how sometimes a child's innocent eyes can see things that grown men are blind to. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s parked illegally,” my mom said with an innocent, slightly mischievous grin. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Granny’s wide and innocent smile was shining on me and I was filled with dismay. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a wild and foolish impulse that had made him try to appear strong and innocent before them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “But it is not. Perhaps he is innocent?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Others looked as innocent as maids, but that was just a trick of their trade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At Kit’s innocent question her two cousins burst into peals of merriment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Scores of innocent people have been exonerated after being sentenced to death and nearly executed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But the truth is that no one is innocent in love, and nobody forced me to love Kelly J. I don’t want to stop just because she laughs at me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “We have decided that this Khmer Rouge will be executed for his crimes. His blood will avenge the innocent people he has slaughtered. We are asking for volunteers to be the executioners.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If Lancelot does come to rescue her, he may kill those innocent fellows of the guard, which I have set to bum her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Or at least partly innocent—things with Mrs. Sharpe were never simple. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius would not be tossed into a mental clinic while, legally, he was still innocent of having written the letter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “An innocent man died here tonight,” the man in the grey suit continues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She thought he had one of those falsely innocent little faces that are such an aid to evil boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, and but why do they seize my neighbor, who is as innocent as I who have never heard of this new war?” asked Wang Lung in great consternation. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “So you must be careful. Black market not good place for innocent children. I heard black market are run by gangster. Some children not so innocent; they may go.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But I can’t leave those innocent kids in danger, because of me. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She had been an innocent; nothing could convince him otherwise. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I replied in what I thought was an innocent voice. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z No, she thought, you love some innocent maiden who lives only in your head, a frightened child in need of your protection. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His mind, protecting him, wove the throb into patterns of innocent images. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Could we really turn our backs on innocent homeless children? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She walked beside me and asked what appeared to be an innocent and unrelated question: "So, which do you like better, State or Carolina?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z This is how he thinks of it: something he’s done, to Susie, to her inert and innocent flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why do girls have to be all pure and innocent and good? Why don’t guys have to be?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z More than enough time to find a family and tag along, like an innocent kid flying alone for the first time. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We have in this story the ignorant, but no real innocents. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “To commit acts of sabotage which may cause the death of hundreds of innocent people?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z After refusing to help an innocent girl who hadn't done anything wrong except be born a Scholar instead of a Martial? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It may have slipped out in the night,” Nathan said, and we went back, unhopeful, to where we had slept but the ground was bare and innocent. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also impossible to know how many innocent people picked up the bacteria from the prisoners on these stops. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z This can’t be the first time Bill has shot an innocent person out of fear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They carried on as though bringing their innocents to the slaughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the same sense that our judicial system presumes us to be innocent until proved guilty, a medical-care system may work best if it starts with the presumption that most people are healthy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “They will abide by the law. They will bring her to trial, I suppose. If she can prove herself innocent she is safe enough.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Like the wicked King Herod, he would seek the innocent babe’s destruction. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was an innocent question, but I could sense the disappointment in his tone. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Then I found this—it has all these stories about innocent people who went to prison. I didn’t think that happened.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Even being in the presence of pot shined a light on how pathetically naive and innocent I was. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z They beat up innocent Tang men, and hung others by their queues from the lampposts. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Leading citizens—innocent people—are taken prisoner to await their execution. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Her eyes were soft brown, limpid and innocent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "You helped me. In the pavilion . . . when they thought that I had . . . that I had ..." "You were innocent." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Harry, knowing and loathing Malfoy, was sure the reason could not be innocent. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Your part is now to tell me of the women, those who dishonored me, and the innocent.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And what was it about my innocent Luna blood that was to help lift the curse from my uncle? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z To me that meant the big lesson Pizarro learned from history was that it was okay to kill innocent people and steal their gold! Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If he sent the kidnap note, it would have to be done before Jan could prove that he was completely innocent. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Harry tried to look innocent, all too aware of his sweaty face and his muddy hands, which he quickly hid in his pockets. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Probably the ruffians of that time so marked innocent people as a cruel joke and the practice had persisted down through the centuries to be distorted into a meaningless Halloween prank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But again, who among them would believe he was one of the true innocents in the prison? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t! Maria would not let me! Besides, they were innocent.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Death comes to the innocent and it comes to the guilty. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The white made her look strangely innocent, almost maidenly, but there were points of color on her cheeks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I ask, trying to sound innocent, but my voice cracks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And I don’t want to believe that officer is going to be found innocent, but I can tell Momma and Daddy are both thinking that’s the way it’s going to go. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the innocent, happy face and thought: If he only knew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Little innocent black children, bom of parents who believed that their race had no history. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Penelope watched the three of them at their tasks, cheerful and innocent of any wrongdoing. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Pita’s voice from the backseat was small and innocent. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The spilled blood of these innocent girls may cause the whole citizenry of Birmingham to transform the negative extremes of a dark past into the positive extremes of a bright future. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t sweet-talk a monster into anything else, when all it does want is monsterness. Good and innocent, they not the same thing; they don’t wear the same face.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A young face, but not an innocent face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was picking people at random now in his fury, punishing innocent people for the dead man’s effrontery. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Eyewitnesses described the killings of dozens of people—state troopers, innocent bystanders, anyone who stood in the invaders’ way. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z She took an innocent pose, one hand delicately framing her face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He looked at his parents with his “innocent” face. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Dearest niece,” said my father, “dry your tears. If she is, as you believe, innocent, rely on the justice of our laws, and the activity with which I shall prevent the slightest shadow of partiality.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z You are innocent when you do not know, my mother cried, but already you know too much about the flesh and blood of the Márez men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Septa Scolera echoed, “and you must feel so much lighter now, clean and innocent as a maid on the morning of her wedding.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And when he looked, her face was calm again and young and innocent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma was blue-eyed and had the thickest long curly red hair you ever saw, with little tendrils around her face that made her look sweet and innocent. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mary knew her younger son was no innocent. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “What? I can’t—” “Look, do you want her turning more innocent people into statues?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Then again, considering how we had ended things after he’d beaten an innocent homeowner bloody, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’d progressed to breaking kneecaps for profit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Or maybe even knowing somewhere deep in the pit of his belly that I was innocent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She reminded herself that Mariam was the only innocent party in this arrangement. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He had carried this innocent precision, these dainty demoded cusps, through misery and passion to old age. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Women do have always his voice above the gabble voice that breathed an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Suspicious?” inquired the chaplain in a kind of innocent daze. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I stared at it for a second, and the word “innocent” popped into my head. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The shave and bath had gone well; with a fresh face the man looked almost innocent. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was unaffiliated with any street gang, and we are confident he was unarmed and innocent of the charges being leveled against him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If only she, Briony, had been less innocent, less stupid. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Melanie and Elizabeth thought the Professor was innocent because April did. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just couldn’t believe that, you know? That such a nice kid would do that to innocent animals.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z At the start of high school, I was a total innocent when it came to substances like pot and acid and ecstasy. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “If he’s innocent, then how come he’s been in prison this whole time?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The boss was afraid to take in new accounts no matter how innocent they seemed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I rushed up to our room where Caroline, still innocent and golden, lay stomach down on her bed reading. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The true tension at court— which was apparent to everybody except Lancelot, who was too innocent to be conscious of such things—began to show itself dearly at the Westminster jousts. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "I suppose I should be glad you found me innocent —" "Concerning the magazine article," he said, stabbing the air with his finger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It is possible, I know, to have a change of heart, but to betray so many others, many of whom were quite innocent, seemed to me inexcusable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the retelling, the swimming suits the participants actually wore were removed from the story and the innocent diversion became a nude debauch. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That Paul Marshall, Lola Quincey and she, Briony Tallis, had conspired with silence and falsehoods to send an innocent man to jail? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Which left the police saddled with the Death in Custody of a technically innocent man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Evidently, hatching Aragog in a cupboard wasn’t his idea of being innocent. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Unless there were other innocent people in his prison with him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z "They said I was innocent, Otis. They said I was innocent," she replied vaguely. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Watch him. Try keeping a diary of his activities. It might be important later. Write down everything he does, even if it seems innocent.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But she could not face him, for she was no longer the innocent girl he had once loved. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy is innocent,” says Ben and when I turn I can see his hands are in the air. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Chaplain,” he continued, looking up, “we accuse you also of the commission of crimes and infractions we don’t even know about yet. Guilty or innocent?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I have no doubt that posterity will pronounce that I was innocent and that the criminals that should have been brought before this court are the members of the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These creatures are innocent of any harm to man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Isolde is innocent of my war work,” he said. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If this were true, then wars were not calamities into which amiable innocents were led by evil men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Most people released from prison after being proved innocent receive no money, no assistance, no counseling—nothing from the state that wrongly imprisoned them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Zoe, I don’t know where you got this information, but Marcus is not innocent of murder. He’s in prison right now because he’s guilty.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Those boys only invited us to take advantage of us, and so we arrived innocent and we left broken. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Of course innocent mistakes occur, but the accumulated insults and indignations caused by racial presumptions are destructive in ways that are hard to measure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I can see his face now, his startled innocent blue eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He had no problem at all in sticking up an innocent man, Mr. Nesbitt. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z But what kind of liberation movement shoots innocent civilians, children, that little girl? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Secondly, that you are guilty of actions and works which infer a court with the devil, which have caused illness and death to fall upon many innocent children in this town.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He met her gaze blandly, innocent and open. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Janine opened her eyes wide and tried to look innocent and attentive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she died, her remains were to be burnt in the prison yard, to prevent her spirit from wandering into any young innocent bodies. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, along with the completely innocent people that they slaughtered, are also victims deserving of compassion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether he’s still a threat to innocent doors remains to be seen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z For the nourishment of his outrage he depended on the memory of her underwear; those round, innocent corset eyes now lost to him forever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lena listened and experienced each phrase of her mother’s emotion from religious ecstasy to innocent confidence to embarrassment. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Black had proved twelve years ago that he didn’t mind murdering innocent people, and this time he had been facing five unharmed boys, four of whom were asleep. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I liked this new interaction with people—asking seemingly innocent questions about how much they loved their furniture or wall-to-wall carpeting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z An innocent boy is now twelve years of age, and finds himself locked up in a human-sized cage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I stared right into her eyes, giving her my most innocent look. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jefferson’s initial draft of the Declaration of Independence had included language that described the slave trade as the perverse plot of an evil English monarch designed to contaminate innocent colonists. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Stifling a laugh Dimple reached for one of the totally innocent brownies and took a bite. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “If it’s true that you’re innocent, I want to know,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z But he flinches as if I might hit him, and I see the innocent look in his eyes. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “The Count of Monte Cristo. Another great Dumas book. An innocent man is betrayed, accused of treason, imprisoned, and after many long years, escapes. Napoleon, jealous of General Dumas, sent him to jail.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z That he had done this to someone, and even if he didn’t mean to, he ruined an innocent kid’s life forever. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “If it had not been for the Pope, we should never have had this beautiful procession with everybody carrying olive branches and the innocent lovers dressed in white.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z All this time he’s been so convinced Maria was innocent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Arguably the most significant reform is the creation of an “innocent owner” defense. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There are innocent victims, destruction, senseless violence, displacement, and a winner and a loser. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Innocence despoiled, he thought... though Lemore was not near as innocent as she appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The story that sticks with me the most is how the Nazis deliberately hurt innocent people like Anne Frank, and in my case, I’m the one who’s hurting myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Did Dad realize he was treating this innocent puppy the way Mom had treated me my whole life? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m not sure why he feels the need to use hashtags and spell perfectly innocent words with a z, but he’s one of those teachers you don’t bother questioning. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If King Hizdahr was innocent, what they did this day would be treason. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You are introduced to your relatives, your oldest friends, as if you’ve never met them before; you get a second chance with them, better than forgiveness because you can begin innocent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Then seeing that Wang Lung was too innocent he said, “A little silver is a good key.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z But it is not permissible that the authors of devastation should also be innocent. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “People are turning on each other, accusing innocents of being Communist sympathizers. It’s a dangerous position for your father to be in.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Just in time” isn’t good enough? innocent bystander. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For these innocent people have no other hope. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Some were shy and some were bold, some sweet and some sullen, but all were innocent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He must tell the Judge he is innocent so he can be a father for his daughter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Thomas hated the people who’d taken this poor, innocent kid from his family. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He churned through the same line of questioning with Nasser, always disguising it with good cheer and innocent curiosity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mullen and his colleagues went out of their way to try to come up with an innocent explanation for this. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the elegant way of innocent men, he accepted his gift graciously. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Would a kindhearted innocent woman take a stroll with an infant she was asked to watch while its older sister ran back in the house, and laugh like that? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z These children—unoffending, innocent, and beautiful—were the victims of one of the most vicious and tragic crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Dumbledore just said — just said we could save more than one innocent life....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z For all his interest at the hearing, he had never seemed particularly engaged over the basic question of whether Walter was guilty or innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And Gran knew—-she always said she knew, not that she felt—when someone was guilty or innocent. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “If not for me, then for my two innocent girls.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I stared back, innocent, defiant, and surprised at myself. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He worked for an organization called the Innocence Project, which he explained helped innocent people get out of prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a king’s cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “My cousin,” replied I, “it is decided as you may have expected; all judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape. But she has confessed.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z We would deny the claims of murder and damage to innocent bystanders that the state alleged; either these claims were outright lies, or the incidents were the work of someone else. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Because he lived before Darwin, his speculations about extraterrestrial life are innocent of the evolutionary perspective. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "The gods have seen fit to proclaim him innocent, child. We have no choice but to free him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Their fate indeed was a proof that suffering was not a punishment for wrongdoing; the innocent suffered as often as the guilty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z If there actually was an innocent goblin, Holly Short had yet to meet him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It’s not making things easy at all for the agents, squirming and kicking its feet wildly as it howls, “I’m innocent. I swear! It was a Sasquatch, not me!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "If Crow is innocent," Theo said, "that means the murderer is still here in this room." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, it is true I was a wild girl, but I was innocent. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z While that seems like an interesting and innocent endeavor, the land they surveyed belonged to Indigenous peoples, who had not agreed to the Doctrine of Discovery. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I also am unfortunate; I and my family have been condemned, although innocent; judge, therefore, if I do not feel for your misfortunes.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Train Ear asked, although the time to act innocent was over. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Rather than let innocent people get hurt by demons, Arjuna chose to break the rule. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was an innocent question, but it opened the door to things Matt didn’t want to talk about. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z An innocent mistake, it was nevertheless sufficient to end his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Would Aquilla smile as innocent men and women twist at the end of a rope? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Briony would change her evidence, she would rewrite the past so that the guilty became the innocent. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Why did God fail to protect innocent students from the police? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Her body would lie on the stones below, broken and innocent, shaming all those who had betrayed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even if he could get out of prison then, that was a very long time from now—especially if he was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Of all that unfortunate race no one was more innocent of wrongdoing than Oedipus, a great-great-grandson of Cadmus, and no one suffered so greatly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Laila dropped the spoke because she could not accept what the Mujahideen readily had: that sometimes in war innocent life had to be taken. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z An innocent young man is now a criminal mind, having nightmares of murders every single time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “What if it finds that I’m...not innocent?” she asked, and once again she felt the weight of guilt pulling her down. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “To have my own daughter cast off by her husband. Poor little innocent baby,” she says, looking at Quentin. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm just too old and worn-out to share their excitement over such innocent pleasures as a boat ride down the Seine or a potluck picnic at the base of the Eiffel Tower. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Their battle will be waged not against the Erudite- Dauntless army but against Erudite innocents and the knowledge they have worked so hard to acquire.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Still moving forward, I saw his face gleam with red angry tears as he stood above Clifton with the still innocent knife and the tears red in the glow of the window sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not as innocent as the little finches. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “So do you think it’s your business to beat innocent children and turn them out to starve in the woods, Mr. Zielinski?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Finally the boys from Washington emerged, looking sleepy, confused, and decidedly innocent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “And why is it a secret, may one ask? If it’s just an innocent act of kindness on the part of Caesar’s little daughter?’ Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This time, too, there was no small, endearingly innocent pulse of excitement, that keen and eager frisson that comes with venturing into the unknown with gleaming, untried equipment. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Standing quietly in the crowd, he saw Sam Adams, pretending to be a most innocent bystander. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "My daughter . . ." "Surely you did not think I'd forgotten about your sweet innocent, my lord? The queen most certainly has not." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Farmer seemed to care less about the notion that someone should be considered innocent until proven guilty than about preserving a thin-edged calm in a jittery country. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But what if one of them was innocent? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The gum wrapper is lying there, looking like an innocent piece of garbage. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Chaplain,” he announced with magisterial rigidity, “we charge you formally with being Washington Irving and taking capricious and unlicensed liberties in censoring the letters of officers and enlisted men. Are you guilty or innocent?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Police usually release the innocent on the street—often without a ticket, citation, or even an apology—so their stories are rarely heard in court. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they are rich and guilty than if they are poor and innocent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all too familiar from my suburban youth, yet now seemed unbelievably remote and innocent, a memory from some lost Junior Prom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, no! She is blinded! And look! The savage is moving to another spot from which to waylay this innocent white maiden!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Behind his innocent façade of a doctor without prestige there was hidden a terrorist who with his short-legged boots covered the scars that five years in the stocks had left on his legs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z You're going to have to take the stand— look at the jury and let the jury look at you—and say that you're innocent. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z My young, innocent mind made another powerful note: It happened in my church! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I did just like everybody else leaning on that rail did, said a quick prayer and put on my innocent face. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Describing severe mandatory sentences as a bargaining chip is a major understatement, given its potential for extracting guilty pleas from people who are innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Their blood—the “blood of the innocents”— had spilled on the hands of Birmingham’s people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This innocent country set you down in a ghetto in which, in fact, it intended that you should perish. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Stiff punishment, indeed, for a minor drug offense—especially for his children, who are innocent of any crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In the modern West, we’re confident that prevention is better than cure; that hard work deserves reward; that no means no; that you are innocent until proven guilty, and that all men are created equal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z She is young and innocent, too—only fifteen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Rusted razor blades and bloody cloths were the most innocent items. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Even the Kingslayer would flinch at the murder of an innocent child." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The poison of greed was already creeping into the innocent and laudable merchandising agreement. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For the past four years, the two countries had committed unspeakable atrocities, not only against each other, but against innocent civilians in their path. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Civilian militias and patrollers lynched three times that in response—conspirators, sympathizers, and innocents—to set an example. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yes, I would pose as an innocent boy; I would tell him that my aunt was taking me and my paralyzed mother to Chicago. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he could be innocent, and if he is, I need to know. We have to find out the truth.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Nothing. Truly, I am innocent,” I said, but could speak no more without starting to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z |
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