childlike
Example Sentences
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And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
But this sort of awe and childlike wonder at the world, which I found very special.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
The results are childlike at times — parts of “La Noche” and “Lo_Divino” sound like nursery rhymes — while the nakedness of “Volvieron” brims with a solemn, ageless kind of grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
“Although I feel it’s a very mature room, it also feels like a little girl’s room in a way. So I kind of feel like my childlike self in this room,” she explained.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025
It was beautiful and pleasant to go through the world like that, so childlike, so awakened, so concerned with the immediate, without any distrust.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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