boy scout
Example Sentences
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In August, a boy scout troop hiking in the Emigrant Wilderness north of Yosemite National Park came upon a 78-year old man who had spent a night without food, water or shelter in the mountains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
The preppy styles — ones that jarred in Nigo’s last two shows — were more thought out, like one boy scout scarf in multicolor knit, although it still felt a tad obvious.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
But for Buzz, a lantern-jawed boy scout with a penchant for dramatically narrating his mission logs, moving on with his life would be tantamount to admitting failure — something he refuses to do.
From The Verge ● Jun. 18, 2022
We were away for a few days in one of his favourite spots, where he'd stayed decades before as a boy scout on his first night away from family in Hull.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2022
“I go to sleep by a campfire that looked like it was built by a boy scout, and I awaken in the middle of the eighteenth century.”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
