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Meanings of puerile in English
Usage of puerile in English
1
A change too from the usual puerile point-scoring that passes for debate.
2
In truth, there was something puerile in the eagerness which Philip manifested.
3
But Moran is far more than a puerile obsession with large underwear.
4
She is a curious mixture of earthy and innocent, puerile and pious.
5
A very trifling question, it is true; puerile even, if you will.
6
And you are not the woman to be satisfied with anything puerile.
7
To rebel against fate-totry to escape the inevitable issue-isalmost puerile.
8
They have been faithful only to their own puerile and extravagant doctrines.
9
Hitherto all attempts at space travelling have been too timid or puerile.
10
I agree with you, they are very puerile-theyare even very vulgar.
11
Most of his puerile productions were, by his maturer judgment, afterwards destroyed.
12
For David had opposed it, offering a dozen trivial, almost puerile reasons.
13
Bad enough to rob a man, without insulting him with puerile regrets.
14
I stood on the balcony, staring at the smoke with puerile intrigue.
15
Philosophy is an amazing tissue of really fine thinking and incredible, puerile mistakes.
16
Perhaps the reader may smile in disdain at the puerile circumstance we mention.
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