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How to use boy in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, interjection, verb

Boy means a male child. Example: “Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.”

Examples of boy by meaning

nounA male child.

  • Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.
  • Girls were offered baby dolls, princesses and sexy fashion figures; the boys section had superheroes, building blocks, science kits and dinosaurs.2014 January 31, Kelly Wallace, “Pink, princess-y and sexy too soon”, in CNN
  • The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday.2018 March 28, Melissa Gray, “Boy in viral hug photo missing after family’s car plunges off cliff”, in CNN

nounA young man.

  • Kate is dating a boy named Jim.

nounA son of any age.

  • My boy was stubborn.2015, Gordon Smith, “Five-O” (38:10 from the start), in Better Call Saul, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Michael Ehrmantraut (Jonathan...

nounA male friend.

  • hanging with my boys

nounA male non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male pet, especially a dog.

  • C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy?
  • Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?

nounA former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

  • He joined the Navy as a boy second class in 1898.1963 April 30, Times, London, 16/2

nounA male (tree, gene, etc).

  • Are there “boy” trees and “girl” trees?1950, Pageant
  • Of the 100 percent total, 25 will have two girl genes, 50 will have one boy and one girl gene, and 25 will have two boy genes.1970 [earlier 1963], Helen V. Wilson, Helen Van Pelt, Helen Van Pelt's African Violets, Dutton Adult

nounAny tangible object close to one's person; often used in emphatic forms such as bad boy.

  • This boy can really kick!

More sentences with boy

  • The naughty boys decided to bunk school and visit the comic shop.From the entry bunk
  • The boy took a skip and a jump down the lane.From the entry jump
  • Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.From the entry eye
  • The older boy won, even though his opponent had been granted a handicap of five meters.From the entry handicap
  • Oh, boy! I can't wait to tell my friends about this!From the entry oh boy
  • Oh, boy. This is going to be a lot of work.From the entry oh boy
  • It was weird for him to watch boys play with Barbie dolls.From the entry weird
  • To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.From the entry pat
  • The paper boy delivers her newspaper to her front porch every weekday.From the entry newspaper
  • A young boy was wearing a Manchester City Erling Haaland jersey.From the entry jersey
  • To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the pancake batter.From the entry batter
  • The two boys argued over a disagreement about the science project.From the entry argue
  • The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.From the entry top
  • There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.From the entry apocryphal
  • The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.From the entry over
  • The young boy sat on the bridge fishing, his legs adangle.From the entry adangle
  • Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!From the entry seat
  • The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side.From the entry mixed
  • The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane.From the entry model
  • The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.From the entry usual
  • The mere suggestion that the queen’s brother tried to kill your boy would be considered treason.From the entry mere
  • Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.From the entry caution
  • A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.From the entry recommend
  • The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.From the entry skate
  • The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."From the entry good morning
  • As the whipping boy, he must take the whippings for the royal heir, Prince Brat.From the entry whipping boy
  • We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.From the entry challenge
  • Pretty Polly! Pretty Polly! Squawk! 'Allo! Who's a pretty boy! Squawk! 'Allo! 'Allo!From the entry pretty Polly

Meaning of boy

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

Full definition of boy

Questions about boy in a sentence

How do you use boy in a sentence?
Boy is used as a noun, interjection and verb. For example: “Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.”
What is a short sentence with boy?
“My boy was stubborn.”
What does boy mean?
Boy means a male child.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boy (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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