puerility
Example Sentences
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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community” was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter.
From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019
Has “The Tonight Show’s” current host, Jimmy Fallon, ever seethed with anything, unless one can seethe with puerility?
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2017
The duo is signed to Fueled by Ramen, an imprint probably best known for putting out the work of Fall Out Boy, and they share an insistent puerility and melodic flamboyance with their pop-punk labelmates.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2016
Its very puerility added to her sense of degradation.
From A Romance of Wastdale by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
