childish

Example Sentences

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"It's really nostalgic and cute. Like some 2000s cute aesthetic," she said, admitting that some people her age "just don't like it or think it's childish".

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo condemned the MPs' actions as "childish", adding that lawmakers should set an example of proper conduct.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

After 3½ decades of Francoism, during which, the author reminds us, the dictator “decided that Spaniards were too childish to govern themselves,” there was a palpable sense of a nation orphaned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The boy is unusually self-reliant and mature but also childish and understandably vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

I had not put away childish things, but neither were my understanding or my words only those of a child.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers