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:
- I overheard a conversation between two boys on the bus.
- We discussed what punishment should be given to the boys.
- Do you really think we can take on the big boys?
- The boy gave him a guarded look.
- 'He's a bully!' the little boy burst out.
- I have two boys.
- He's a local boy.
- Finish your lunch, there's a good boy.
- Boy, it sure is hot!
- They have two boys and a girl.
- The boy was so bright and animated.
- His only thought was to keep the boy from harm.
- Some of the older boys must have put him up to it.
- The older boys at school used to tease him.
- The school doesn't take boys.
- He's been doing the same job for 50 years ─ man and boy.
- Oh Boy! Just think what I could tell him.
- 'Come on boys', he shouted to the sailors.
- The boy dashed out into the road.
- Two boys were ahead of us.
- Most of the boys went straight into the services.
- The old boy next door has died.
- The boy had the presence of mind to turn off the gas.
- Oh boy! That's great!
- A small boy tumbled off the porch.
- Boy, it sure is hot.
- Don't laugh boy. This is serious.
- Down, boy, down!
- Her eldest boy is at college.
- Members of the public joined the search for the missing boy.
- Eric was my cousin Edward's boy.
- I used to play here as a boy.
- The little boy lagged behind his parents.
- Now she's a teenager, she's starting to be interested in boys.
- He seemed so young, a mere boy.
- He worked his way up from messenger boy to account executive.
- He was by nature a spirited little boy.
- He was still just a boy.
- The little boy was speechless with shock.
- That really teed off the old boy.
- He's the manager's blue-eyed boy.
- The little boy cuddled the teddy bear close.
- She disguised herself as a boy.
- The boy was wearing rubber-soled shoes.
- He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
- Is it a boy or a girl?
- I knew him when he was a little boy.
- The boy has great potential.
- He's a local boy .
- "Dear boy," she crooned, hugging him heartily.
- He was quite a skinny little boy.
- The boy was cheeky and casual.
- I'm going to be a good boy now.
- Boys are often more inhibited than girls about discussing their problems.
- There is an equal number of boys and girls in the class.
- He was a nimble-footed boy of ten.
- He wants to be accepted as one of the boys.
- He is such a curious boy, always asking questions.
- Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's death.
- I told the boys off for making so much noise.
- There's an age difference of six years between the boys.
- It is significant that girls generally do better in examinations than boys.
- The boy had been sexually abused.
- She related how he had run away from home as a boy.
- The boy is wild and completely out of control.
- She was delivered of a healthy boy.