How to Use boy toy in a Sentence

boy toy

noun
  • Bring the boys boy toys and buy the girls dolls and stuff like that.
    Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Candy's been dumped by her boy toy on her 45th birthday.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Trendsetter that Turner was, the summer of 1946 saw a run on swarthy boy toys.
    Jennifer Crittenden, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Nick's niece is embarrassed, but her boy toy Silver takes the unfortunate turn of events in stride.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Robbie stars opposite Ryan Gosling, who plays Barbie’s longtime boy toy Ken.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The result is sometimes as claustrophobic and ill-conceived as Peter’s mad love for his devious boy toy.
    Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Some viewers will balk at the fact that Anne ultimately wants to have her stepson boy toy and eat him, too, but Last Summer is a movie that defies moral boundaries and narrative conventions.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • After years of being nearly allergic to commitment and public displays of affection, Samantha’s finally settled down with her boy toy.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018

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