juvenility
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Above all, Reubens' worldwide introduction to Pee-wee earned the lifelong affection of millions thanks to the hero's wit, sweetness and arch juvenility.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2023
Surprisingly, the mistake in his birth date and the claim of juvenility was not raised by the courts, prosecutors and defence lawyers until very late in the case - 2018.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
But forgive me if, as a guy, I take particular offense at his attempt to conscript me and mine as conspirators in his loathsomeness, to make us guys human shields for his repugnant juvenility.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2016
In a similar way, the more juvenile jokes squeak by, sometimes, by dint of their flaunted juvenility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2015
These real ballads are very clever indeed; we feel sure 'Ethelinda Gray' and 'The Boy that went to Sea' will live in the upper circles of juvenility for many a long day.
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
Admiration of his fantastic heroes and their grotesque "chivalry" doings and romantic juvenilities still survives here, in an atmosphere in which is already perceptible the wholesome and practical nineteenth century smell of cotton-factories and locomotives.'
From Sir Walter Scott A Lecture at the Sorbonne by William Paton Ker
I heartily wish I had any verses which with a clear mind I could send you in lieu of these juvenilities.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Oliver Wendell Holmes
He is still preserved from active mischief by his astonishing self-consciousness and lack of humour; when he has outgrown these juvenilities, he will be really formidable.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna
In fact, Diane enjoyed these delightful juvenilities all the more keenly because she knew that she could put an end to them at any moment.
From Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honoré de Balzac
One is often surprised at the juvenilities which grown people indulge in at sea, and the interest they take in them, and the consuming enjoyment they get out of them.
From Following the Equator — Part 1 by Mark Twain
