infantine
Example Sentences
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Still, is it possible to write about unimaginable cruelty with the infantine levity of a jigsaw puzzle?
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2019
During the two years, over which period their travels had extended, her infantine mind had opened considerably; and of that time she preserved many reminiscences.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
This is while its brain is infantine and tender, and its nature restless and altogether sensitive.
From Household Education by Harriet Martineau
To look back a moment upon the infantine struggles of these young crusaders in the Holy War is to realize afresh how far the race has travelled since that day.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
But whatever may be the opportunities and capabilities of infantine gymnastics, there is always one way in which fathers may indirectly, but very powerfully, influence their children, and that is through the mother.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
