boyhood

Example Sentences

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Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

For a boyhood City fan to score twice at Wembley Stadium, this fairytale story has produced an unforgettable moment for the player, manager Pep Guardiola and supporters alike.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Alexander-Arnold made a high profile move from boyhood club Liverpool to European giants Real Madrid last summer, but the transfer has not gone exactly to plan.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The novel’s title applies to Jody, too, who is similarly poised between boyhood and manhood until Flag’s death pushes him over his own state line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

“That was scary, too, but it was fun. So I pretended this was a boyhood game, and I never fell.”

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren