childlike
Example Sentences
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“I would pull up an oboe sound, and he’d play it,” says Barton, “and it was sort of a childlike thing where he was just like, ‘Oh, this allows me to hear my ideas.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Dallas McMurray’s artfully animated performing of the childlike pantomimic gestures that thread through the dance occasionally prompted audience laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
But that he’s done it with such singular style and childlike glee is enough to make the audience remember that a movie theater is a hallowed space.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Each picture was signed with a childlike script.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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