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
The childishness, which isn’t overplayed, hints at something stunted in these otherwise quite capable adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
Perhaps there was something childish about all the paladins of Arthur’s story—if being simple b the same as childishness.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
