How do you use Boy in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like girl or daughter, plus the exact meaning.

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Boy in a sentence

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Boy meaning

  1. A male child.
  2. A young man.
  3. A son of any age.

Synonyms of Boy

girl daughter man-child male offspring son adult male man female child male person male male child black man

Boy in Dutch

boy huisboy nikker jongen kerel

Example sentences (20)

After Riddle got into an argument with a boy in the orphanage, the boy's rabbit turned up hanging from the rafters.

As the boy did not heed the officer's warning and continued attacking, the inspector fired the boy at his left leg.

Hook had Jungle Boy beat with a countout victory, but like a true babyface, he tossed Jungle Boy back in the ring.

Originally the song lyrics included “colored boy” but Berry said he changed it to “country boy” for radio airplay.

Mr Blumberg is a Barry Boy, in fact he is a Romilly Park boy, having grown up in one of the houses next to the park.

They do so in front of the boy’s mother, Queen Helaena, whom they force to reveal which one of her twins is the boy.

According to a news release, the driver was identified as a 15-year-old boy and the passenger was a 14-year-old boy.

Timini Egbuson is best known for playing lover boy roles and he is another bad boy to look out for in Nollywood.

Nintendo often touts the Game Boy Color as the Game Boy's successor, but they had another handheld platform beforehand.

By grade 10 he was named deputy head boy, and a year later, he became the head boy of the Spanish Town-based institution.

Moments later, guards dragged the boy out of the cell, and Che Guevara himself ordered the boy to kneel down.

Dolores tells him, and boy oh boy do I wish screenwriters would retire that very tired, very over-used line.

The competition is getting tight in Billboard's 2020 Boy Band Battle, with just eight boy bands remaining.

He said the boy suddenly ran across the road and he was unable to steer the vehicle away from the boy.

And boy, oh boy, have they been harping on about their Garda station ever since – regardless to what they were told by the Po-Po.

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara welcome baby boy Engaged actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara have become parents to a baby boy.

Johnny Boy, the newest bus boy at Harbin Dumpling, can speak both Mandarin and French and whistles classical music while it works.

A slender, 16-year-old boy stands accused of raping a 6-year-old boy, according to a police report.

His bad behaviour includes spitting, striking the other boy with a cricket bat and making an insulting remark about the boy’s mother.

Look, it’s not like anybody is sitting around out there thinking, “Boy oh boy do I just to find a partner who is friends with her ex.

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Common combinations with boy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "boy" in a sentence?
An example: "After Riddle got into an argument with a boy in the orphanage, the boy's rabbit turned up hanging from the rafters." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "boy" from real English texts.
What does "boy" mean?
Boy means: A male child.
What are synonyms of "boy"?
Common synonyms of "boy" include: girl, daughter, man-child, male offspring, son, adult male, man, female child. Plus 4 more synonyms.
What is "boy" in Dutch?
"boy" translates to Dutch as: boy, huisboy, nikker, jongen, kerel.
How many example sentences with "boy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "boy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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