boylike

Example Sentences

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Its lure is the image of girls kicking ass, being boylike.

From Time Magazine Archive

His scientific interest in his illness was enormous�even though, boylike, he had a personal pride in the misfortune that had suddenly made him special.

From Time Magazine Archive

They, boylike, had all confidence in themselves that by tact and kindness they would soon become warm friends, and in this they were not disappointed.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.

So it was arranged he was to start next Monday night, and, to Mrs. Anderson, the time, until then, seemed altogether too short, though, boylike, Roger thought the intervening days would never pass.

From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Garis, Howard Roger

Indeed, boylike he immediately showed much more concern over a possible injury to his motorcycle than he gave any thought to himself.

From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph