boyhood

Example Sentences

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By that point, the player, who last summer returned to his boyhood club Rosario Central, had suffered a couple of minor injuries and been sent off in an FA Cup tie with Arsenal.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

It’s an evolving boyhood, framed with unshowy elegance by cinematographer Karl Walter Lindenlaub against the island’s flat, grassy, weather-rich horizons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Once we’ve shaken hands on this unavoidable tension, we can wrestle with Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael,” an open-hearted biopic of Jackson, extending from his boyhood in Gary, Ind., to the late-’80s tour for “Bad.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

It's another to resist the lure of guaranteed success and riches to instead drag your boyhood side to glory.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

While it is charming to imagine the scene, the fact is the cameras that existed during Mudgett’s boyhood made candid moments almost impossible to capture, especially when the subject was a child.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson