bobby

Example Sentences

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Local bobby PC Howard Taylor was suspended pending an investigation.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

“It’s a visual of innocence for this girl to wear these grown-up shoes with a heel, and then pair them with these youthful bobby socks,” he explained of Dorothy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

He met his wife, Mary Lou, in 1956, brunette and pretty, wearing bobby socks at a fraternity mixer at Michigan State.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

But Schwartz told me that he sees even this kind of damage most often when people use bobby pins or small spatulas to clean their ears.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023

“Don’t tell me what to do,” said Isabelle, but after thinking about it she pulled another bobby pin from her pocket.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick