city boy

Example Sentences

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And all those people who insisted that they couldn’t stand a city boy fell in love with the rich, braggadocious New Yorker.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

"He's this city boy in a small place," explained Locke.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

And before you tell me I’m wilin’, you ask the next city boy you know when he’s seen a tumbleweed blow across the interstate before breakfast.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023

"So, it's sort of urban resort because... I'm a big city boy, but I'm a beach bum."

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022

Only thing was, I was a farm boy and ran to the city, and you’re a city boy running to the woods.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George