innocent

[ˈɪnəsnt]

Definition:
1. A person who lacks knowledge of evil.
2. Free from evil or guilt.
3. Lacking intent or capacity to injure.
4. Free from sin.

'innocent' example sentence:

1. An innocent child's life has been snuffed out by this senseless shooting.
2. Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.
3. She continued to assert that she was innocent.
4. The war was killing innocent women and children.
5. We cannot possibly risk so many innocent lives.
6. Even remarks that were quite innocent could be twisted to produce an unintended effect.
7. He insisted (that) he was innocent.
8. Under all the innocent fun, there are hidden dangers, especially for children.
9. He said the killing of innocent people was inexcusable.
10. The embargo would only hurt innocent civilians.
11. He was sure that the man was innocent of any crime.
12. Three innocent bystanders were killed in the crossfire.
13. I'm convinced that she's innocent.
14. She is innocent; it was a case of mistaken identity.
15. Landmines have caused untold misery to thousands of innocent people.
16. All those wounded were innocent victims.
17. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders.
18. It looks like an innocent bystander was killed instead of you.
19. I am convinced that she is innocent.
20. The police knew from day one that I was innocent.
21. He was the innocent party in the breakdown of the marriage.
22. He's curiously innocent about what this means to other people.
23. He was concerned the campaign could ensnare innocent people.
24. Innocent passers-by got caught up in the riots.
25. She was found innocent of any crime.
26. In English law, a person is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
27. In the end the contrary was proved true: he was innocent and she was guilty.
28. In English law a person is accounted innocent until they are proved guilty.
29. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
30. He insisted he was innocent.
31. Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.
32. It was all innocent fun.
33. They have imprisoned an innocent man.
34. He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
35. The accused was found innocent.
36. If we go to war, innocent lives will be put at risk.
37. In this country, you are innocent until proved guilty.
38. He cast himself as the innocent victim of a hate campaign.
39. His lawyers are confident that the judges will declare Mr. Stevens innocent.
40. The lawyer's apparently innocent question was designed to catch the witness off guard.
41. What about the odd chance that you do put an innocent man in the dock?
42. The jury were unconvinced that he was innocent.