childlike

Example Sentences

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“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

They’re faster, stronger and in some cases smarter than the average person, but childlike nevertheless, testing the extent of their agency.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

The 1971 classic is reimagined at the Sphere-like venue with modern, CGI animation, emphasizing the whimsy and childlike wonder of the Gene Wilder picture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

And Kenny Scharf’s cartoon-infused painting and sculpture are paeans to arrested development that are about as capable of engendering childlike wonder as a tax return.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

At times I found him almost childlike in the way he lived so relentlessly in the present.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove