childishness

Example Sentences

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“South Park” is not immune from childishness, to put it mildly, and there is an element of “worst thought, best thought” in its humor; Parker and Stone are all in on scatology and dumb puns.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Our culture's inability to contend with mortality places artists like Paul Reubens in a domain that was uniquely his, where he maintained the illusion that benevolent childishness defies aging.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2023

If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

But I suspect she’d have relished calmly collecting her notes and sauntering, not stomping, toward the exit to escape the tyranny of such childishness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

They’d seen things our parents hadn’t—things that Craig and I, in our raucous childishness, couldn’t begin to guess.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama