childlike
Example Sentences
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"I think a lot of the times we're told when we're adults that we can't enjoy things with this sense of childlike joy any more," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Our critic said the presentation “sets out to recast Moses as more complicated than the cheerful, childlike images her name conjures and as a legitimizer of self-taught art.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
It’s a source of both elemental mystery and childlike wonder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
He waited for Olanna to go to the bathroom and Master to his study before he went in to see his mother, asleep, curled childlike on the bed.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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