INFANTILE in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for INFANTILE, such as:
1. Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world.
2. He strode suddenly forth, his infantile features black with rage.
3. He no longer smiled with his infantile smile, he had grown morose and no longer received visitors.
4. He was a slightly ragged man, who spat skillfully between his shoes and possessed a great fund of bland and infantile assurance.
2. He strode suddenly forth, his infantile features black with rage.
3. He no longer smiled with his infantile smile, he had grown morose and no longer received visitors.
4. He was a slightly ragged man, who spat skillfully between his shoes and possessed a great fund of bland and infantile assurance.
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Meanings and Examples of INFANTILE
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infantile
a. childish; relating to infants
Classic Sentence:
1 Her hands were clasped before her in prayer, but instead of looking upward toward that power which alone could rescue them, her unconscious looks wandered to the countenance of Duncan with infantile dependency.
2 He was a slightly ragged man, who spat skillfully between his shoes and possessed a great fund of bland and infantile assurance.
3 He strode suddenly forth, his infantile features black with rage.
4 Hold me up, Jo, for upon my life it's one too many for me, returned Laurie, regarding the infants with the air of a big, benevolent Newfoundland looking at a pair of infantile kittens.
5 She was at that time a charming young lady of eighteen; infantile in manners, though possessed of keen wit, keen feelings, and a keen temper, too, if irritated.
6 He no longer smiled with his infantile smile, he had grown morose and no longer received visitors.
7 Mabeuf, in his venerable, infantile austerity, had not accepted the gift of the stars; he had not admitted that a star could coin itself into louis d'or.
8 Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world.
9 Her rosy lips were parted, showing the regular line of snow-white teeth within, and a playful smile played over her infantile features.
Example Sentence:
1 American foreign policy has for decades been trapped in infantile behavior that mature men are supposed to outgrow once they get past adolescence.