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Six example sentences with puerile, each labelled with its topic.
The sequel replaced the original's wit with puerile pranks, and even the twelve-year-olds in the row behind me groaned.
Movies
The debate collapsed into puerile name-calling, and the moderator gave up on the prepared questions after twenty minutes.
Politics
Voice chat turned puerile within minutes, so our group now mutes strangers and plays with text pings only.
Gaming
The critic dismissed the memoir as puerile, a string of pranks retold without a single adult reflection.
Literature
The lyrics are puerile, rhyming for the sake of it, but the chorus is impossible to forget.
Music
The meeting turned puerile when two directors argued over who had the bigger office, and nothing was decided.
Business
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