callow
Example Sentences
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He presented himself as a callow young culture warrior prosecuting a case against Old Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Having won there for the first time as a callow 20 year old in 2010, McIlroy is a combined 102 under par on this properly robust major championship test.
From BBC • May 12, 2025
I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025
Quayle’s stricken look — a rictus of shock and humiliation — spoke to the devastation of the rejoinder after which, it’s fair to say, his callow image never fully faded.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024
Can it be that we do not love to be reminded that we are very young and callow in a world that was old when we came into it?
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing callow
Brave New World
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