How to Use boyfriend in a Sentence

boyfriend

noun
  • My boyfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • Fierro said her daughter’s boyfriend was among the deceased.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • That afternoon, my boyfriend and I had been to the cinema.
    Claire Cohen, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Pair with black leather leggings or wide-leg suit pants or go for a more casual look with skinny jeans and an oversized boyfriend blazer.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The incident report listed that Hannah was the boyfriend of the suspect.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Then, a friend of Olson's hairdresser, who was visiting her boyfriend in the area, brought it back to Olson.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Jennifer Garner and her boyfriend, John Miller, kept their recent date night casual.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Fierro was there with his daughter Kassy, her boyfriend and several other friends to see a drag show and celebrate a birthday.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • About a month before the storm hit, Harper moved in with her boyfriend and a good friend of his, a man who had been renting the single-story home for more than a decade.
    Erica Lee, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Fierro, 45, had been at the club with his daughter Kassy, her boyfriend and several other friends to see a drag show and celebrate a birthday.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The boyfriend of a New York City woman who was found dismembered and stuffed into two suitcases in her apartment has been indicted for her murder.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, the trio navigates meeting their mom Barbara’s (Colin) new boyfriend and the brothers grapple with their own feelings about this relationship.
    EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Hoover was with her boyfriend at the time, who is Wampanoag.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The chain caught the light every time the singer cheered for her boyfriend on the field.
    Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The boyfriend was the owner of the Chrysler 300 and lived in that apartment building.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023
  • My boyfriend is a troller; most of my friends here are trollers.
    Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Doe, who was the woman's boyfriend, left to go to the store and came back, Fraylick said.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2024
  • Chapin, Kernodle's boyfriend, lived across the street and was spending the night.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Swift was seen at the concert with her boyfriend Travis Kelce.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The call was then dropped, and her boyfriend, who was in the United States, was not able to reach her again.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 15 June 2023
  • Julia Aoun drove up from Long Beach to catch the show with her boyfriend, who is a fan of the bands.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In fact, Nordegren had a boyfriend back in Sweden at the time.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • So he's seen me through all of my good times, my bad times, this boyfriend, not that boyfriend.
    Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Adam, for his part, has just broken up with a boyfriend.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • All of the boyfriends standing with their arms crossed are singing along to every word.
    Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Pair these boots with a great boyfriend jean or midi skirt.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Jono calls his boyfriend, David, an opera singer, to debrief.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 10 June 2024
  • Madison co-wrote the song with boyfriend Blake Richardson.
    Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Amber had a new job, a new boyfriend, a new way of looking at her life.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • My siblings have boyfriends and girlfriends, and get to go places.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024

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