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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The service Plentiful, youthful, and uniformly charming (though the stiff, ice-blue staff uniforms are oddly unflattering).
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The youthful gaggle had become a choir, giving voice to a tradition of choral music in the Church of England that has survived largely unchanged for almost 500 years.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
On the first night of the residency this past Monday, Mitski told the audience that the setting brought up raw emotions about being a youthful misfit.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
Share a story from your childhood or help a child with a project, allowing youthful happiness to exist freely.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
The youthful gaggle had become a choir, giving voice to a tradition of choral music in the Church of England that has survived largely unchanged for almost 500 years.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
On the first night of the residency this past Monday, Mitski told the audience that the setting brought up raw emotions about being a youthful misfit.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
Share a story from your childhood or help a child with a project, allowing youthful happiness to exist freely.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
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 6 Apr. 2026.
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