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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Placing Ralph Lauren in important cultural moments, such as Selena Gomez’s outfit at the Oscars, also cements the more youthful stance of the brand.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Its sneering tone of youthful derision took on new dimensions and a chilling sense of pathos when sung by a 75-year-old musician approaching his final chapter in life.
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While the new generation of regional Mexican music hitmakers tend to be younger today, and have brought in an equally youthful fanbase, these four veterans are further proof of the demand for this style of music, regardless of age.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 31 July 2025
In the wasps that had undergone their youthful hibernation, their epigenetic clocks ticked more leisurely throughout life, offering the first direct evidence that biological aging can be manipulated in an invertebrate.
—New Atlas, 30 July 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Its sneering tone of youthful derision took on new dimensions and a chilling sense of pathos when sung by a 75-year-old musician approaching his final chapter in life.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
While the new generation of regional Mexican music hitmakers tend to be younger today, and have brought in an equally youthful fanbase, these four veterans are further proof of the demand for this style of music, regardless of age.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 31 July 2025
In the wasps that had undergone their youthful hibernation, their epigenetic clocks ticked more leisurely throughout life, offering the first direct evidence that biological aging can be manipulated in an invertebrate.
—New Atlas, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for youthful
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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