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Six example sentences with guileless, each labelled with its topic.
The novel's guileless narrator repeats everything he overhears, and the reader works out the scandal long before he does.
Literature
Her guileless answers won the panel over, since anyone that transparent was unlikely to be hiding a rehearsed story.
Psychology
The film's guileless farmhand believes every promise the salesman makes, which is exactly why the ending lands so hard.
Movies
The guileless new hire told the client exactly how long the project would take, and the client thanked her for it.
Business
The guileless councillor answered every question with the actual figures, which baffled reporters who were used to spin.
Politics
The rookie's guileless interview, admitting he had no idea why the play worked, won over the whole press room.
Basketball
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