boy

Example Sentences

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A search is under way for a 15-year-old boy who has gone missing in a lake in Lincoln.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The switch catches the listener off guard, especially as Díaz slips into sad boy mode, singing about a girl he still catches himself thinking about.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Joining them is a boy of unknown provenance who, the others guess, was warned by his parents to keep silent and has never spoken since.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

And Jude isn’t above including a mocking slow-motion shot of a spoiled French boy totally whiffing a soccer kick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I, on the other hand, fell in love with each boy in my class in turn, in a kind of hopeless, regular rhythm.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom