tomboy

Example Sentences

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On performance day, I double french-braided the hair of every girl in my group and my tomboy self wore that glittery lehenga loud and proud.

From Salon

He traces his path from a childhood reluctance to wearing dresses to a discomfort with the changes of puberty to a slow acceptance that the tomboy phase isn’t just a phase.

From Los Angeles Times

She described her cousin as “a tomboy, a rough and tumble kind of kid” who was “always ready for an adventure” and had a “big wonderful smile that lit up her whole face.”

From Seattle Times

It's the same when Jules bends the 'rules' of what it means to be a woman - rejecting her mum's demand to dress in a more "feminine" way to embrace her tomboy identity.

From BBC

I was a 6-year-old working-class tomboy when I first heard “Philadelphia Freedom.”

From New York Times