Wondering how to use Homeboy in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as member or acquaintance.
Homeboy meaning
- Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown.
- A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang.
- A person.
Synonyms of Homeboy
Using Homeboy
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone, particularly a male acquaintance, from one’s hometown. | A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. | A person.
- Useful related words include: member, acquaintance, friend.
- In the example corpus, homeboy often appears in combinations such as: of homeboy, homeboy industries.
Context around Homeboy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Homeboy
- In this selection, "homeboy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, successful, walks, want, industries, ashwin and industry stand out and add context to how "homeboy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include admirer of homeboy for decades and at a homeboy industry cooking. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "homeboy" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with homeboy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Did the woman know this homeboy? (6 words)
Many roads lead to the Ijebu market; the successful homeboy, most times, chooses that one which is rarely taken. (19 words)
Homeboy was running the gamut in the early 2010s, but in 2023 that couldn’t be farther from the case. (20 words)
Speaking about the 'wonderful' time that Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, spent visiting Homeboy Industries cafe and bakery last month, founder Father Greg Boyle praised the mother-of-one's linguistic skills, describing her 'perfect' Spanish as a 'revelation'. (39 words)
The small, mostly outdoor stand remained vacant for a year before a more upscale restaurant called The Patio opened and started serving up burgers and chicken sandwiches on Homeboy Bakery Hawaiian buns along with California craft beers. (37 words)
Karyn McCluskey, chief executive of Community Justice Scotland, has been an admirer of Homeboy for decades and agrees that that approach of healing in community is something that people right across Scotland could benefit from. (35 words)
Did the woman know this homeboy? (6 words)
Example sentences (11)
Homeboy was running the gamut in the early 2010s, but in 2023 that couldn’t be farther from the case.
Karyn McCluskey, chief executive of Community Justice Scotland, has been an admirer of Homeboy for decades and agrees that that approach of healing in community is something that people right across Scotland could benefit from.
Many roads lead to the Ijebu market; the successful homeboy, most times, chooses that one which is rarely taken.
And out walks homeboy Ashwin to loud cheers (if indeed for him, and not just for Tushar being on a hattrick, that's a nice touch).
We don’t want outsiders; we have experimented with outsiders, and it’s not working, so this time around, we want homeboy,” he said, according to Channel TV.
Meghan first met Father Boyle 20 years ago at a Homeboy Industry cooking workshop where she and her mother Doria made tamales.
Speaking about the 'wonderful' time that Meghan, 38, and Harry, 35, spent visiting Homeboy Industries cafe and bakery last month, founder Father Greg Boyle praised the mother-of-one's linguistic skills, describing her 'perfect' Spanish as a 'revelation'.
Commey would defend his IBF Lightweight title in USA against homeboy Teofimo Lopez at the Madisson Square Garden, New York in the USA on Saturday, December 14 2019.
Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world.
Did the woman know this homeboy?
The small, mostly outdoor stand remained vacant for a year before a more upscale restaurant called The Patio opened and started serving up burgers and chicken sandwiches on Homeboy Bakery Hawaiian buns along with California craft beers.
Common combinations with homeboy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of homeboy 2×
- homeboy industries 2×