callow

Example Sentences

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He presented himself as a callow young culture warrior prosecuting a case against Old Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The younger versions of Noah and Allie, callow and skittish, are laid out in broad strokes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

As he attempted to build a young team with sell-on value in the future while remaining competitive in the present, his team was callow, inconsistent and flaky.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director’s heels.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley