How to Use childlike in a Sentence

childlike

adjective

• We gazed at it in childlike wonder.
• She took a childlike glee in describing every detail.
• In an instant the mood shifts to a kind of childlike wonder.
  — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
• Sable won't match that scale, but the wonder, the creative landscapes, the sense of childlike joy?
  — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• Maud Lewis was born deformed with no chin and a small childlike frame.
  — Cincinnati.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• At the same time, the alphabet can be childlike and playful and fun.
  — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• The film's wardrobe symbolized the youthquake of the 1960s and the desire of women to dress in a childlike, girlish manner.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2015
• There’s a lot of holding on to a childlike version of herself.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 June 2022
• In the late ’70s, Reubens developed the childlike character at the Groundlings.
  — William Earl, Variety, 27 Aug. 2022
• It’s just about bringing in your childlike quality to the room.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2022
• At one point, a rash and childlike rabbit named Thumper meets Bambi.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022
• His team took videos of their own kids at home, using them as reference to hone in on the childlike essence.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2020
• How can having a childlike view of the world help the environment?
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2021
• Colin’s character is so childlike, and that was clear from the script.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
• Russia, the old Russia, is good, pure—childlike or diminutive, in a way.
  — Peter Savodnik, The Hive, 10 Jan. 2017
• Our son asked us to counsel this woman, who seemed childlike at 25.
  — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
• The only thing the childlike James ever wants to talk about is a giant bear that no one else has ever heard of.
  — Stephanie Merry, kansascity, 17 Aug. 2017
• There is a fine line between naïve and childlike, but that is where expertise comes in.
  — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2019
• As much as the color and art inspired the design, so did looking at each nook of the room with a sense of childlike wonder.
  — Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 10 Apr. 2019
• They were still amped from a photo shoot and full of childlike excitement.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2019
• The real-life Mark comes off as a good guy with a checkered past, not so much childlike as shaky in his grip on adulthood.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018
• Though Buddy and the Big Apple don’t get off on the right foot, his childlike charm eventually gets the best of those around.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, Wired, 25 Nov. 2020
• And that kind of joy and childlike enthusiasm that doesn't wane over time is one of the great exceptions in life.
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• Watching the floats covered in flowers pass by has always sparked a childlike joy in my heart.
  — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2022
• Trader is a very decent character and at the same time is very childlike.
  — Megan Dubois, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
• Dogs bring childlike joy and a weird connection to the natural world.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2020
• The birth of Pee-wee Herman The childlike character had been a part of Reubens' stage act for several years by then.
  — Ed Masley, azcentral, 3 Mar. 2020
• Because most of us, even as adults, carry a childlike fear of punishment and blame?
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2017
• Meng Guo added playfulness to her collection with sunny-side up egg details, and Sofia Carmela placed fuchsia fabric and pearl flowers over chunky knits to evoke childlike innocence.
  — Vogue, 25 May 2022
• This movie, del Toro’s 12th feature film, marries the childlike state of wonder inherent in the visuals with some of the more mature subtext of Collodi’s original story.
  — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 9 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024