childishness

Example Sentences

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“South Park” is not immune from childishness, to put it mildly, and there is an element of “worst thought, best thought” in its humor; Parker and Stone are all in on scatology and dumb puns.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

In 1994, Amos talked about the "healing properties" of the color pink, which we might at first associate with softness, with childishness, femininity and with love.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2023

The childishness of Congress or any others in destroying recognition of the past is wrong.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

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