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

Price represents the societal upheaval that Turturro’s character rejects and it’s not too much of a stretch to say he’s the kind of callow 20-something who would rather watch AI slop than “Josephine.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

I was just a callow teen when Jimmy Carter became president.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

The song that resulted in this frantic, logistically improbable session is stirring but callow, with a gospel-style chord progression that gives false weight to the platitudinous lyrics.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

A troop of newly arrived students, very young, pink and callow, followed nervously, rather abjectly, at the Director’s heels.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley