childlike
Example Sentences
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A revolutionary literary, theatrical and artistic movement, Surrealism—with Sigmund Freud as muse—liberated and mined dreams, fantasies, chance, childlike spontaneity and the unconscious.
“My husband would say that I have a childlike wonder about a lot,” Richeson said.
From Los Angeles Times
Lang: I’m doing the same childlike nature, just discovering with them.
From Los Angeles Times
“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
They’re faster, stronger and in some cases smarter than the average person, but childlike nevertheless, testing the extent of their agency.
From Salon
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