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
He's gotten away with this stubborn childishness his whole life assuming that nothing could stop him because nothing ever has.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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
Papa’s funeral was no time for us to express our selfish childishness, our American rebelliousness.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
