callowness
Example Sentences
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The tenderest connection may just be between Cyrano and Will Hochman’s Christian, whose callowness isn’t quite what it seems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
He was supposed to be the “grown-up in the room,” a counterweight to W.’s callowness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2021
The two youngest squads in the Premier League go head to head and last weekend it was Newcastle, second only to Liverpool in the callowness stakes, whose inexperience told.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2018
“I am ashamed of callowness as a scientist. I had just been dreaming to be a scientist who makes contribution to the development of human society.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
In the far corner, he saw Bull and Colonel Hedgepath watching him, enjoying his uncertainty, his callowness.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
