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easily tricked because of being too trusting

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

at that early age she had been gullible and in love
He was a gullible sort of man, he knew me by sight and reputation and it was inconceivable to him that a man of my standing should actually be a murderer!
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

"I was just thinking," said the spider, "that people are very gullible."
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

Lucky for me, Mom was gullible enough to believe me whenever I told her everything was fine over the phone, despite my less than awesome acting abilities.
Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

...gullible, vulnerable girlfriends, looking back as the knowing adults they pretended to be in the beginning,
Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

Emily hadn't seen them in years, and wondered if they were still as gullible as they used to be.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

gullible = easily tricked

A wizard young, foolish, and gullible - wandered across my path in the forest I had made my home.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

And the curious people laughed and were discussing how foolishly and gullibly the common people were spreading such empty rumours.
Hermann Hesse -- Siddhartha

gullibly = easily tricked because of being too trusting

I stood there pitying Mr. Ludsbury for his fatal thinness and reflecting that after all he had always had a gullible side.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

A tale told to frighten the gullible.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

gullible = people easily tricked because of being too trusting

They had become quite deft at sifting accurate information out of the stories of the hopelessly ignorant, gullible news writers.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

"It's a board with a little glass you move around, and it tells the future!" Everybody laughs, even their mother, for Maria Teresa's voice is bursting with gullible excitement.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

Black people who had witnessed this all over the country could only despair at the gullibility of white people who, seeing all this, swallowed the old line that it was caused by communists and black agitators.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me

gullibility = the trait of being easily tricked because of being too trusting

In the car-selling business, if you can convince someone to ..., you can make as much in commission off that one gullible customer as you might from half a dozen or so customers who are prepared to drive a hard bargain.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

She was just as gullible as my mom.
Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

Frankly, they're not very bright. Or maybe they're just really gullible.
Lincoln Pierce -- Big Nate - In a Class by Himself

gullible = easily tricked because of being too trusting

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