schoolboy

Example Sentences

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As a schoolboy, Norris wrote, he was shy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The name Gunningham first emerged in what declared to be a world exclusive by The Mail in 2008, describing him as "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Trotsky was a dazzling speaker and a dandy who “never quite stopped being a clever schoolboy desperate to show others how much he had learned.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A search of a local park for Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe was delayed because of "hostile" behaviour by some members of the public, an inquest has heard.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Maybe Drave was hiding just out of sight, chuckling like a schoolboy.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor