puerile

Example Sentences

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American artist Daniel Arsham has always flirted with the puerile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

His speeches and press conferences are surreal windows into his undisciplined, puerile mind.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

The early days were defined by blistering, puerile songs, many of which did not have choruses — a style that remains their trademark.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2024

He suggests it may take something shattering and awful to bring the country together and snap its fractious politicians out of their puerile antics and self-centered scuffling.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked—a tear of disappointment and impatience; ashamed of it, I wiped it away.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë