puerility

Example Sentences

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The school officials’ contention that C.G.’s post was “hate speech targeting the Jewish community” was as dumb as his joke and confused puerility with animosity.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

It was an extension of his general puerility, his weird clowning, his fake laughter.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2019

Has “The Tonight Show’s” current host, Jimmy Fallon, ever seethed with anything, unless one can seethe with puerility?

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2017

Why doesn’t any of this evidence of puerility hurt his image among his base?

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2016

Then the wondrous puerility, of what I suppose we must call the design, becomes apparent.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard