childishness

Example Sentences

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Kelly noted it as another example of the defense secretary’s childishness.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

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

In a household filled with impulsive, appetitive childishness, Kimberly, who has to feed Pattie her morning cereal because both her arms are in casts, is the adult by default.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

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