Example Sentences

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He's gotten away with this stubborn childishness his whole life assuming that nothing could stop him because nothing ever has.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023

If you knew what lovely neighbors they are, I think you might regret your childishness.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

But I suspect she’d have relished calmly collecting her notes and sauntering, not stomping, toward the exit to escape the tyranny of such childishness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2022

The impulsiveness and childishness that made Diego Maradona wreak havoc on the field also made him the most dominant and joyous player of his generation, perhaps ever, writes columnist Dylan Hernández.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2021

They’d seen things our parents hadn’t—things that Craig and I, in our raucous childishness, couldn’t begin to guess.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama