childlike
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Dementia can make patients angry, or placid, or childlike, or even seem to time travel in their minds to where they believe they are children again.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
“What would my cancer say if it was narrating its memoirs?” he says, going into a childlike speech impediment: “ ‘Woke up somewhat bigger than yesterday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Conceiving his adaptation as a childlike sci-fi fairy tale, Waititi draws from his cheerful 2016 adolescent adventure “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and the mixture of pathos and irony that informed “Jojo Rabbit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"The handwriting is nothing like her handwriting in the original letter, which is almost a childlike scrawl. The second one is an elegant, joined-up cursive."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Simmon followed suit, spitting over the side with a childlike exuberance.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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