BOY in a Sentence

Learn BOY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for BOY, such as:
1. The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.
2. I never saw a boy foxes and crows loved.
3. He was a funny looking boy about twelve.
4. A photo of a small boy arrested my attention.
5. Tell the boy to stop messing around upstairs.
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 Meanings and Examples of BOY
boy
 n.  a male human offspring
 n.  (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I never saw a boy foxes and crows loved.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  A boy was sitting under a tree, with his back against it, playing on a rough wooden pipe.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  He was a funny looking boy about twelve.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  She had never seen such a funny boy, or such a nice one.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  The boy had a sharp, delicate face the color of ivory and he seemed to have eyes too big for it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  He looked like a boy who had been ill, but he was crying more as if he were tired and cross than as if he were in pain.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  A sort of angry shadow passed over the boy's face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  "I don't want it to be a dream," the boy said restlessly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Mary had not known that she herself had been spoiled, but she could see quite plainly that this mysterious boy had been.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  "I think he's a very spoiled boy," said Mary.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  Then Mary was reminded of the boy Rajah again.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  "I won't let that boy come here if you go and stay with him instead of coming to talk to me," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
13  "I am sorry to hear you were ill last night, my boy," Dr. Craven said a trifle nervously.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  "He must be a strong boy and a steady boy," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
15  A boy, and a fox, and a crow, and two squirrels, and a new-born lamb, are coming to see me this morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The little boy felt strange amid so many adult people.
2  It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
3  He was a little boy, but he behaved as if he was an adult.
4  The boy took a pot shot at a pigeon with his air gun.
5  The little boy can already do simple problems in arithmetic.
6  I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me.
7  At their approach the little boy ran away and hid.
8  The boy could be seen with his legs wrapped around the trunk.
9  Tell the boy to stop messing around upstairs.
10  Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.
11  A photo of a small boy arrested my attention.
12  His father threatened to beat the boy if he stole again.
13  The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.
14  The boy pulled the boat's head round in order to avoid the conflict with the boat in front of him.
15  The old woman looked directly at the boy and he tried to avoid her searching glance.