childlike

Example Sentences

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Their excitement was almost childlike, and I mean that in the best possible way.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 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

Lang: I’m doing the same childlike nature, just discovering with them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

This thought matured in him slowly, and it was reflected in Vasudeva’s old childlike face: harmony, knowledge of the eternal perfection of the world, and unity.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse