boy scout

Example Sentences

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Edwin was a Boy Scout and a Pokémon devotee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Trinkets from his Boy Scout days, winter sweaters for the dogs, and $60 worth of food were among his missing belongings.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

It was a long fall for the mall, which opened in 1977, featuring performances by the Hawthorne High School Band and a local Boy Scout color guard.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

The on-screen Blue Boy Scout conveyed a Smallville-bred sense of humility throughout, saying he almost didn’t take the role of Superman for fear of being too busy to help with a newborn.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

Boomer must have drawn a boy’s name, because all his compliments came right out of the Boy Scout Rules—thrifty, clean, loyal.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson