Wondering how to use Callow in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fledgling or inexperienced.
Callow meaning
- Of a person: having no hair; bald, bare, hairless.
- Of a brick: unburnt.
- Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.
Synonyms of Callow
Using Callow
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a person: having no hair; bald, bare, hairless. | Of a brick: unburnt. | Of a young bird, or (part of) its body: having not developed feathers yet; featherless, unfledged; hence, of other animals or their bodies: having no fur or hair; furless, hairless, unfurred.
- Useful related words include: fledgling, unfledged, inexperienced, inexperient.
- In the example corpus, callow often appears in combinations such as: simon callow, callow said, callow hill.
Context around Callow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Callow
- In this selection, "callow" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, simon, light, charlie, hill, countered and nostalgic stand out and add context to how "callow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a callow man spurns and a456 in callow hill west. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "callow" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with callow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I began as a sentimentalist and a callow nostalgic. (9 words)
Callow countered that point by rhetorically asking why have a ZBA. (11 words)
Their intention will be to show the hospital in a bad light," Callow said. (14 words)
At college age, I saw myself in the callow young hero, Matt; in my 20s, fancied myself the dashing El Gallo; in my 40s, identified with the barely coping dads; and these days I’m a dead ringer for Henry, the befuddled old actor. (44 words)
It’s another hand-drawn affair, and this one’s targeted to the young-male audience with a story of how a callow Eskimo youth (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) learns humility and other valuable life lessons when he’s transformed into a bear. (43 words)
We called it, "Freaking the Mundanes", and was one of the draws to the SCA for me as a callow youth (the primary draw, of course, was the massive number of attractive young women). (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Callow countered that point by rhetorically asking why have a ZBA.
Colin Morgan () and Simon Callow () are starring in the Hannah Quinn-directed series, which follows the story of a three-year old Irish boy who disappears during an earthquake in Morocco.
I began as a sentimentalist and a callow nostalgic.
The crash happened outside the Duke William pub on the A456 in Callow Hill, west of Bewdley and Kidderminster.
Their intention will be to show the hospital in a bad light," Callow said.
They’re not bothered,” sighed Charlie Callow, 59, who was visiting with his wife and their two kids from Northampton, England.
Aisling Moore, 46, and Abbigael (8) died instantly after their car and a lorry collided on the N26 at Callow, between Foxford and Swinford on Tuesday.
Award-winning caravan and camping site, Callow Top, based in the Derbyshire Dales, has touring and camping pitches, plus a range of self catering accommodation.
Councillor Morehead said: "I’m delighted that following a long-term campaign for the speed limit to be reviewed on Callow Hill it has, this week, been reduced to 30mph.
Even once Lurie has restored their network, it’ll likely take months of behind-the-scenes work for the hospital to fully rebound, Callow said.
We called it, "Freaking the Mundanes", and was one of the draws to the SCA for me as a callow youth (the primary draw, of course, was the massive number of attractive young women).
A callow man spurns the tender love of an exceptional young woman, destroys his dearest male friend and is condemned to endure a solitary existence mired in regrets.
Actor Simon Callow has claimed the hit film Four Weddings and a Funeral wouldn't be made today because 'society has changed'.
At college age, I saw myself in the callow young hero, Matt; in my 20s, fancied myself the dashing El Gallo; in my 40s, identified with the barely coping dads; and these days I’m a dead ringer for Henry, the befuddled old actor.
He’s got a lot on and it’s an interruption,” said Sean Callow, currency strategist at Westpac in Sydney.
In Krista’s play rehearsals, her grin is phony and her anger is callow.
Apparent provocations for these far-apart rebellions were eerily similar, including a belief that British rulers desired the conversion of Indians, and rudeness from callow Britons commanding long-serving natives.
Callow will not just oversee the DSP but also act as the go-to person for disabled faculty and staff.
It’s another hand-drawn affair, and this one’s targeted to the young-male audience with a story of how a callow Eskimo youth (voiced by Joaquin Phoenix) learns humility and other valuable life lessons when he’s transformed into a bear.
Mr Callow said it would give the wrong message to those who lie in insurance claims that they could get away with it.
Common combinations with callow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- simon callow 4×
- callow said 3×
- callow hill 2×
- the callow 2×
- callow he 2×