He had activated Shapechanger in a childish attempt to intimidate her.

"I'm going to remain calm, let the girl's childish attempts to annoy me roll off my back."

It's mostly unnecesssary and a childish attempt to get attention.

We've been watching your childish attempts to delude us.

I considered this a childish attempt to twist the logic of morality.

Is it possible that you regard such a childish attempt of escape as incriminating?

I heard the crunch-crunch of approaching steps and closed my eyes in a childish attempt to disappear.

She shouldn't be angered by the earl's childish attempt to fluster her.

It sounds like some childish attempt to avoid responsibility, but I didn't mean to lie to you.

Perhaps this architecture was not just a childish attempt to overawe newcomers.