babyishness

Example Sentences

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DeGarmo has a strange mix of babyishness and variety-show maturity--she's Dr. Seuss's Cindy-Lou Who in Kathie Lee Gifford's pantsuit and 3-in. heels--that has led Cowell to liken her to a "pageant contestant."

From Time Magazine Archive

The woman's strained nerves were on edge all day, so that her feelings were easily hurt, and her brothers and sisters became, as they thought, justly impatient at what they considered her silly babyishness.

From Nerves and Common Sense by Call, Annie Payson

This is the deepest, the oldest, the most wholesome and religious sense of the value of Nature—the value which comes from her immense babyishness.

From The Defendant by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

And as for the divine silliness, ignorance, softness and babyishness that had so deeply fascinated him, just those were what got most on to his nerves.

From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Arnim, Elizabeth von

Frieda had always been such a funny mixture of babyishness and worldly wisdom.

From The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure by Vandercook, Margaret