playfulness
Example Sentences
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“Toy Story” and its four sequels encouraged imagination and playfulness by giving toys the same kinds of personalities that children pretended the toys already had, sending them on adventures big and small.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
I appreciate a suggestion to infuse playfulness into moments of potential frustration, namely “transition moments.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Anxieties about overconsumption and environmental degradation lie beneath the playfulness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
Even so, the art world also enjoys a little playfulness now and again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
His smile was different from Jimmy’s, which was a kind of mean-spirited playfulness.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
Vocabulary lists containing playfulness
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now
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