puerility
Example Sentences
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A nonchalance, bordering on puerility, colored her throwaway Halloween comment; what Lack characterized as cataclysmic seemed, to me and to some black people I talked to, somewhat boringly idiotic.
From The New Yorker
Could there be a more honest example of his puerility?
From New York Times
On the page, this bifurcation works, but on the screen it saps the story’s momentum, partly because there’s no violence in the room to distract you from the genericism and puerility of the dialogue.
From New York Times
Has “The Tonight Show’s” current host, Jimmy Fallon, ever seethed with anything, unless one can seethe with puerility?
From New York Times
The idea of such practices brings out both the wit and puerility among these longtime, long-married pals, who begin speculating wildly about the polyamorous Pip.
From New York Times
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