tomboy

Example Sentences

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Ever the curious tomboy, I asked, “Is that an old temple?”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

But I always felt a particular closeness to Queen Latifah, maybe because she's from Jersey and I'm from Philly, but also because I was a tomboy when I was young.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

He felt like saying aloud what was going on would lock his whole family into a future—solidify that, no, his kid was not just a tomboy, and this was not just a phase.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2023

I would get some scraps of wood and build my own hydroplanes and then race them up and down the streets as those Seafair Races gave me an excuse to be a tomboy.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023

Mother claims I have the manners of a wild animal myself, as I am a tomboy, but I never fail to be respectful of my father’s garden.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver