tomboy

Example Sentences

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"I thought I was the tomboy, the only girl that played in the football team, then this little upstart popped up," Westbury tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

Zwick got his start on the ABC domestic drama “Family,” which starred Kristy McNichol as a tomboy named Buddy Lawrence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Da Brat said she had been fortunate to have the producer Jermaine Dupri as a mentor who never tried to change her tomboy image during the height of her career.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

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

The tomboy in the family was growing up.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana