childlike

Example Sentences

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Their excitement was almost childlike, and I mean that in the best possible way.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

And while their mission demands extreme precision, there is still room for childlike levity.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Godoy radiates effortless charisma, a kind of uncynical openness that feels both childlike and magnetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

A revolutionary literary, theatrical and artistic movement, Surrealism—with Sigmund Freud as muse—liberated and mined dreams, fantasies, chance, childlike spontaneity and the unconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

And there, beneath it all, hanging by a silver strand of childlike anticipation, I saw it.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia