Example Sentences

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Rob, whose ego is as bruised as his proboscis, childishly lashes out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

"I miss the old stuffing," one moaned childishly.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022

Is it childishly fiddling, whilst digging this ditch?

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2022

The premise of Old Enough!, a Japanese reality show newly streaming on Netflix, is childishly simple.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2022

Here he was sitting at the very same table with her, just the two of them, and he couldn't think of a single thing to say that wasn't stupid or childish or childishly stupid.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin