callowness
Example Sentences
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The tenderest connection may just be between Cyrano and Will Hochman’s Christian, whose callowness isn’t quite what it seems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
The conscious callowness is agreeable, but it lacks freshness, like a midnight pasta reheated in the microwave.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
It’s one of the pleasures of reading him, that for all the callowness, or cruelty, of his characters, he never extends his judgments onto us.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 21, 2016
But with the relative callowness of Bobby Wood and Gyasi Zardes in the roster, the coach has gone for the experience and current domestic form of Wondolowski.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2016
In the far corner, he saw Bull and Colonel Hedgepath watching him, enjoying his uncertainty, his callowness.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
