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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This bit of Broadway excellence (a product of its time, of course) is being produced in intimate fashion by the Blank Theatre Company, which has cast the show mostly with youthful actors, all of whom throw themselves at the material with much exuberance.
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Relative newcomers Everett Blunck (stellar in Griffin in the Summer) and Kayo Martin portray opposite ends of youthful angst with an engaging sincerity and terrifying accuracy.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Among them is a youthful core of Yankees gradually developing into solid everyday players, the resurgence of Paul Goldschmidt, the brilliance of Max Fried in a year when Gerrit Cole is recovering from Tommy John surgery on his elbow.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
At 34 years old, Stockman's youthful assurance and irreverence for sacred cows of all kinds soon upset many of his former colleagues on the Hill.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 17 May 2025
Relative newcomers Everett Blunck (stellar in Griffin in the Summer) and Kayo Martin portray opposite ends of youthful angst with an engaging sincerity and terrifying accuracy.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Among them is a youthful core of Yankees gradually developing into solid everyday players, the resurgence of Paul Goldschmidt, the brilliance of Max Fried in a year when Gerrit Cole is recovering from Tommy John surgery on his elbow.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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