childlike

Example Sentences

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“There was a little bit of a childlike thing that was being put in there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

And while their mission demands extreme precision, there is still room for childlike levity.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

A revolutionary literary, theatrical and artistic movement, Surrealism—with Sigmund Freud as muse—liberated and mined dreams, fantasies, chance, childlike spontaneity and the unconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

“Although I feel it’s a very mature room, it also feels like a little girl’s room in a way. So I kind of feel like my childlike self in this room,” she explained.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

There was a deliberate childlike aura to her that Ugwu distrusted.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie