boy

Example Sentences

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Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In this sense, though, that teenage boy never grew up.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"When I think of Scotland, I think of my boy Scott McTominay," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Even taking a boy to chemotherapy sessions may, as the story suggests, spark envy and resentment in the brother who gets left at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“What good does that do us?” the bearish boy countered.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman