childlike
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The Doss-led “The Same Old Place” is a bright slice of chamber pop with a childlike sense of wonder, something that might inspire a “Yellow Submarine”-style animated film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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
It’s a fun, childlike interpretation of the complexities of coming from two cultures and religions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I would pull up an oboe sound, and he’d play it,” says Barton, “and it was sort of a childlike thing where he was just like, ‘Oh, this allows me to hear my ideas.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
And now she was talking to him in a way that was not foolish and childlike, designed to entrance, but instead was human and pained and adult.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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