boy
[bɔɪ]
Definition:
1. A youthful male person.
2. A friendly informal reference to a grown man.
3. A male human offspring.
Use 'boy' in a sentence:
- 1. I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus.
- 2. We discussed what punishment should be given to the boys.
- 3. Do you really think we can take on the big boys?
- 4. The boy gave him a guarded look.
- 5. 'He's a bully!' the little boy burst out.
- 6. I have two boys.
- 7. He's a local boy.
- 8. Finish your lunch, there's a good boy.
- 9. Boy, it sure is hot!
- 10. They have two boys and a girl.
- 11. The boy was so bright and animated.
- 12. His only thought was to keep the boy from harm.
- 13. Some of the older boys must have put him up to it.
- 14. The older boys at school used to tease him.
- 15. The school doesn't take boys.
- 16. He's been doing the same job for 50 years ─ man and boy.
- 17. Oh Boy! Just think what I could tell him.
- 18. 'Come on boys', he shouted to the sailors.
- 19. The boy dashed out into the road.
- 20. Two boys were ahead of us.
- 21. Most of the boys went straight into the services.
- 22. The old boy next door has died.
- 23. The boy had the presence of mind to turn off the gas.
- 24. Oh boy! That's great!
- 25. A small boy tumbled off the porch.
- 26. Boy, it sure is hot.
- 27. Don't laugh boy. This is serious.
- 28. Down, boy, down!
- 29. Her eldest boy is at college.
- 30. Members of the public joined the search for the missing boy.
- 31. Eric was my cousin Edward's boy.
- 32. I used to play here as a boy.
- 33. The little boy lagged behind his parents.
- 34. Now she's a teenager, she's starting to be interested in boys.
- 35. He seemed so young, a mere boy.
- 36. He worked his way up from messenger boy to account executive.
- 37. He was by nature a spirited little boy.
- 38. He was still just a boy.
- 39. The little boy was speechless with shock.
- 40. That really teed off the old boy.
- 41. He's the manager's blue-eyed boy.
- 42. The little boy cuddled the teddy bear close.
- 43. She disguised herself as a boy.
- 44. The boy was wearing rubber-soled shoes.
- 45. He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
- 46. Is it a boy or a girl?
- 47. I knew him when he was a little boy.
- 48. The boy has great potential.
- 49. He's a local boy .
- 50. "Dear boy," she crooned, hugging him heartily.
- 51. He was quite a skinny little boy.
- 52. The boy was cheeky and casual.
- 53. I'm going to be a good boy now.
- 54. Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems.
- 55. There is an equal number of boys and girls in the class.
- 56. He was a nimble-footed boy of ten.
- 57. He wants to be accepted as one of the boys.
- 58. He is such a curious boy, always asking questions.
- 59. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's death.
- 60. I told the boys off for making so much noise.
- 61. There's an age difference of six years between the boys.
- 62. It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
- 63. The boy had been sexually abused.
- 64. She related how he had run away from home as a boy.
- 65. The boy is wild and completely out of control.
- 66. She was delivered of a healthy boy.