childishness

Example Sentences

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Our culture's inability to contend with mortality places artists like Paul Reubens in a domain that was uniquely his, where he maintained the illusion that benevolent childishness defies aging.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2023

Resigned to the privileged childishness of her dominant lover, the narrator comes to a clearer understanding of her own human fallibility.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

In a household filled with impulsive, appetitive childishness, Kimberly, who has to feed Pattie her morning cereal because both her arms are in casts, is the adult by default.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Thanks to my constitutional childishness, they have always sounded to me like the names by which the Three Musketeers really should have been known: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith