Sentence examples for callow from inspiring English sources
The word "callow" is correct and usable in written English.
Generally, it is used to describe someone who is young and inexperienced, or lacking in knowledge or maturity. For example, "The callow young man lacked the confidence to speak up during the meeting."
He is seen by focus groups and polls as a little callow, a bit posh and not terribly reliable.
He resigned as Tony Abbott's parliamentary secretary amid the ensuing mayhem Given to the Australian newspaper for this magnificently pompous editorial complaining about the "callow reporters and trainee talking heads" dominating the Australian media.
Ponting knows, too, that his 2009 "group", as he calls them, are callow and wounded, and that he is their champion from the past.
Or even a new contender from the last few weeks as a strangely callow, strangely careworn, England team find themselves still menaced by the cricketing equivalent of the dead man in Yossarian's tent: the airman who turned up one day, was immediately shot down, and three years on still lingers about the place.
The incoming government will be the holder of the megaphone and will be broadcasting for its own callow political purposes a continuous diatribe about Labor economic and budgeting incompetence.
A dull and callow choice, an almost insulting choice, compared with the powerful and vibrant women like Janet McTeer in Tumbleweeds, Julianne Moore in The End of the Affair and Annette Bening in American Beauty.
Yet in the capital the only guns on view were wooden ones, carried by some callow-looking cadets.
The chart above, supplied by Julian Callow of Barclays Capital, shows the gap between nominal GDP growth and official interest rates, a common gauge of policy, for a group of big economies: America, Britain, Canada, China, the euro area, India and Japan.
The overall fiscal tightening in 2011, including actions announced earlier, will be an eye-watering 4.3% of GDP, estimates Julian Callow, at Barclays Capital.It is hard for economies to prosper under this sort of fiscal squeeze.
But Julian Callow of Barclays Capital reckons that may reflect the way the numbers are calculated: by valuers, who may be cautious about cutting their estimates.
German and Italian exports to Spain have slowed sharply since last year, according to Julian Callow at Barclays Capital.
