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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On paper, with less than a minute left in the first half, this was no time for youthful recklessness.
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Michael Silver, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, The Osmonds transitioned from youthful crooners to teenage heartthrobs with a knack for catchy, genre-spanning hits.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Even Africa — with its rapidly growing digital economies and youthful, tech-savvy population — is beginning to capture the attention of global investors.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
By the time my grandfather’s cousin sold the hotel, in 1985, this age was long past, and the music of my father’s youthful summers at the Palmyra had given way to the din of mortars and shells, a familiar Arab story.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Michael Silver, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, The Osmonds transitioned from youthful crooners to teenage heartthrobs with a knack for catchy, genre-spanning hits.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Even Africa — with its rapidly growing digital economies and youthful, tech-savvy population — is beginning to capture the attention of global investors.
—Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
By the time my grandfather’s cousin sold the hotel, in 1985, this age was long past, and the music of my father’s youthful summers at the Palmyra had given way to the din of mortars and shells, a familiar Arab story.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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