boy

Example Sentences

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"You can do it, big boy!" read one.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

“Not my child! Not my boy! Not my baby!”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

This is an old-fashioned melodrama and fast-paced adventure — infants switched at birth! girl disguised as boy! abduction! midnight flight! — and an amusingly ludicrous love story.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

"It's a body, once you see it, you realize it's whatever, it's a boy!" he said on Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live After Show."

From Salon • May 10, 2022

“Aw, come on, boy! Don’t stall! Tell me what he said about the Party!”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright