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

As with the proverbial frog in that pot of water, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s chilling action-thriller “Cloud,” about a callow internet hustler’s reckoning, has nothing good to offer about where online anonymity and e-capitalism have gotten us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Not since Zimbabwe's last Test in this country 22 years ago has England's pace attack looked so callow at home, when Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Richard Johnson had a combined seven caps.

From BBC • May 1, 2025

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

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

"And I'm sick of being thought a callow boy wherever I go, because I'm forced to shave my beard."

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood