puerile

Example Sentences

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It was absurd for C.G.’s school — whose overreaction to his puerile Snapchat post caused more turmoil than his post did— to believe that the post could cause disruption at the school.

From Washington Post

"The puerile nature of this leadership contest is embarrassing," he said.

From BBC

Generating puerile and sexist tweets, offending the trans and nonbinary, deploying grossly inaccurate statements about the coronavirus.

From Washington Post

It’s a puerile, mean-spirited tendency that altogether spoils the otherwise exquisite imagery.

From New York Times

And Sirjana correctly spelled puerilely — childish — and radiolarian — a single-celled marine animal having a spherical body with threadlike projections.

From Seattle Times