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

He now went to work on this and finished it, and, boylike, thought his fortune was made.

From The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

That maltreated pillow was so funny and boylike.

From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret

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.