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The phrase "as a babe" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is referring to someone in their infancy or to evoke a sense of innocence or vulnerability.
Example: "She was so carefree and joyful, just as a babe would be, exploring the world with wide-eyed wonder."
Alternatives: "as a child" or "like a baby".
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My Bowie saw me crying as hard as a babe could cry.
But he was as innocent as a babe, baffled by his own behavior, terrified of everything that moved.
Mr Johnson played the comments down as "people making a fuss about nothing" and described the future leader as "a babe unborn".
The traditional conservative media soon got in on the act: The American Spectator embraced Palin, and Rush Limbaugh, the radio host, praised her as "a babe".
Out in those middle places that cable news addresses, however, she is a visionary and truth-teller, as well as a babe.
Its previous show, Mr. Jarrow's "President Harding Is a Rock Star," depicted one of the worst-ever chief executives as a babe magnet in black leather pants.
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'This device could affect a babe in arms as well as a teenager.
You find your way by following white stones, as if you were a babe in the wood.
John Ridley then took the opportunity to imply that someone from Las Vegas could not complain about sexism, which sort of missed the point — Alan invoking the paradigm of two guys making jokes at the expense of a "blonde babe" was not the same as him dismissing Mika himself as a blonde babe.
Amstel Light cast her as a beer babe in a national commercial.
Lamb (Perdita is described in the play as "a goodly babe") leads the revels with a lovely, expansive elan.
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