childishness
Example Sentences
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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
If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
But I suspect she’d have relished calmly collecting her notes and sauntering, not stomping, toward the exit to escape the tyranny of such childishness.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
In a household filled with impulsive, appetitive childishness, Kimberly, who has to feed Pattie her morning cereal because both her arms are in casts, is the adult by default.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Perhaps there was something childish about all the paladins of Arthur’s story—if being simple b the same as childishness.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
