childish

Example Sentences

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After 3½ decades of Francoism, during which, the author reminds us, the dictator “decided that Spaniards were too childish to govern themselves,” there was a palpable sense of a nation orphaned.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such a strategy would be a childish way for this adult man to act.

From Salon

The boy is unusually self-reliant and mature but also childish and understandably vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times

Since female swimmers, like their male counterparts, tend to be tall, the video only served to make Gaines look childish and came at the expense of her athletic image.

From Salon

Why would he even engage and respond to this childish stunt?

From Salon