1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of youth
youthful inexperience
2
: being young and not yet mature
3
: marked by or possessing youth
youthful dancers
4
: having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous
my youthful grandparents
5
: having accomplished or undergone little erosion
youthful mountains
youthfulness
noun
Examples of youthful in a Sentence
My grandparents are still very youthful.
it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential
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Mahony, the archbishop of Los Angeles for more than two decades, was a youthful and high-profile leader who used his position atop the diocese in the 1980s and 1990s to champion social and economic justice, among other causes large and small.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Urban Outfitters, meanwhile, has maintained its youthful appearance without doing enough to market toward the high schoolers and college students of today.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Orgasms boost estrogen and collagen, and give you a more youthful appearance.
—Lexi Petronis, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2024
After all, what’s a little fragrance in the face of skin that retains its youthful glow for as long as possible?
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Urban Outfitters, meanwhile, has maintained its youthful appearance without doing enough to market toward the high schoolers and college students of today.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Orgasms boost estrogen and collagen, and give you a more youthful appearance.
—Lexi Petronis, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2024
After all, what’s a little fragrance in the face of skin that retains its youthful glow for as long as possible?
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for youthful
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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