boyfriend
noun
boy·friend
ˈbȯi-ˌfrend 
1
: a male friend
2
: a frequent or regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship
Examples of boyfriend in a Sentence
My boyfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
her boyfriend always brings her flowers for Valentine's Day
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Read, 45, is accused of hitting her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, with her Lexus SUV and leaving him for dead outside the home of a fellow cop in January 2022.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Investigators, however, ultimately alleged that Read struck her Boston cop boyfriend with the back of her Lexus SUV and fled the scene, leaving him to die in the cold, on Jan. 29, 2022.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Read, 45, of Mansfield, faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and her boyfriend of roughly two years at the time, sometime after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
The tender ballad, sung by cast member Abbey Romeo and dedicated to her boyfriend, David Isaacman, was co-written by Romeo, Casey Kelly (music and lyrics), and Garth Herberg (music).
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 May 2025
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Investigators, however, ultimately alleged that Read struck her Boston cop boyfriend with the back of her Lexus SUV and fled the scene, leaving him to die in the cold, on Jan. 29, 2022.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
Read, 45, of Mansfield, faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of O’Keefe, a Boston police officer and her boyfriend of roughly two years at the time, sometime after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 May 2025
The tender ballad, sung by cast member Abbey Romeo and dedicated to her boyfriend, David Isaacman, was co-written by Romeo, Casey Kelly (music and lyrics), and Garth Herberg (music).
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for boyfriend
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“Boyfriend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boyfriend. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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boyfriend
noun
boy·friend
ˈbȯi-ˌfrend
1
: a male friend
2
: a frequent or regular male companion in a romantic relationship
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