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

Green nonchalantly walked out of the cage as batting practice ended, his dad in his ear from a distance yelling: “Yeah, my boy! Yeah, my boy!”

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 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

“That’s my boy! We’ll meet tomorrow night. Bring a sack full of your stones.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis