How to Use delivery boy in a Sentence

delivery boy

noun

• On Maria's first night as a dinner guest, the sixteen-year-old Liesl escapes from the dinner table to meet the telegram delivery boy, Rolf.
  — Kelly Hushin, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2017
• We braced delivery boys and handymen employed by the building.
  — James Ellroy, Vanities, 7 Oct. 2017
• As a teenager, Luciano Giubbilei worked after school as a delivery boy for a florist in his native city of Siena, Italy.
  — Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
• When the furry delivery boy reached the passenger-side door, the customer bent over and collected her purchase from his pack.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2020
• His father, Norman, owned a grocery store, where Jerry worked as a delivery boy.
  — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
• For about a year, Khanna sustained himself by working odd jobs, as a dog-walker, cat-sitter, delivery boy, dishwasher -- anything to pay the bills.
  — Vedika Sud, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
• Her father had left high school at 14 to support his penurious mother and work as a delivery boy in a cotton trading company.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• When a bad investment pushed the family into bankruptcy after the 1929 stock market crash, Seldin began working as a delivery boy to help pay the bills.
  — Washington Post, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
• When a bad investment pushed the family into bankruptcy after the 1929 stock market crash, Dr. Seldin began working as a delivery boy to help pay the bills.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 May 2018
• One was a local businessman who went to the location to film the attack and the other a delivery boy, per preliminary information.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• On the other hand, Das’ Zwigato is based in a small town in India and tells the story of family struggling with daily needs after the man lost his job has started working with a food delivery app as a delivery boy.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• Irish got his start in the newspaper industry as a paper delivery boy in Toledo, Ohio, and borrowed money from his mother to manage the route, according to his obituary.
  — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2022
• The plot revolves around Meni Azulai, who works as a delivery boy who unwillingly becomes an infiltrator within the Israeli right-wing movement.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• Among the supporting players, those making a zesty impression include Justin Diaz as Arpad Laszlo, an enthusiastic shop delivery boy.
  — Mike Giuliano, baltimoresun.com, 18 Oct. 2019
• Our delivery boy visits a lot of different people, entering lives and collaborating in their idiosyncrasies.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024