childish
Example Sentences
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The vibes are childish, more like those of 11-year-old boys pretending they’re in an action cartoon than adult men who read books and enjoy the company of women.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Little by little, through her childish chatter retracing her arrival in Denmark and some research done in South Korea, Randel uncovered a different story from the one in her Danish adoption papers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"Sometimes I feel he is more grown-up and I'm more childish," she says, "though I can be quite bossy."
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
It sounded so childish, though I had a suspicion that some terrible sentiments were being expressed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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