How to Use schoolboy in a Sentence

schoolboy

noun

• In the midst of the chaos, a young schoolboy approaches the tree and tries to push it out of the road.
  — Jenn Lofgren, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
• The lyrics are based on this schoolboy crush on this girl at school.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 July 2018
• The lyrics are based on this schoolboy crush on this girl at school.
  — Billboard, 3 July 2017
• Thinking about the six weeks ahead of him, the schoolboy got all jittery about the legs.
  — Helen Oyeyemi, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2021
• In the big blowout, Lacy scored 74 points, then a Maryland schoolboy record.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022
• The schoolboy in the library wouldn’t have it any other way.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
• As a schoolboy, Roger sold greeting cards door to door.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• Hey, if schoolboys in England can do it, why shouldn’t a few rap stars?
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 26 June 2017
• Click over to Sport Plus, and the Macan straightens up like a slouching schoolboy whacked with a nun's ruler.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2021
• Here's a look at how survival of the world's oldest dynasty rests on the shoulders of a schoolboy.
  — CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
• Back then Liang Jiwen was a schoolboy, the son of a Dazhai official.
  — The Economist, 6 Mar. 2021
• Imagine Joe DiMaggio as a schoolboy running up and down the stairwells in the ’20s.
  — Christopher Reynolds, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• As a schoolboy, Biden was mocked by classmates and a nun for a severe stutter.
  — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2020
• With them, a schoolboy striped Oxford shirt, navy V-neck sweater and navy blazer.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• A group of British schoolboys have rebelled against their school uniform code by showing up in skirts.
  — Olivia Blair, Town & Country, 23 June 2017
• The British schoolboys who last week protested their school's ban on shorts by wearing skirts have won their battle.
  — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 June 2017
• We were interrupted again, this time by a schoolboy wanting to buy a can of fizzy drink.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2018
• The schoolboy logo has served Rectory well for many years.
  — Courant Community, 22 Aug. 2017
• But nostalgia is leading those who are neither sailors nor schoolboys back to the style.
  — Steve Garbarino, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
• Roger Robinson started running as a schoolboy in England in the 1950s.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2020
• Calhoun was an Arizona schoolboy who lugged his glove to Cactus League games and asked players to sign it.
  — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
• No, the Crimson Tide isn’t calling anyone a loser like a schoolboy.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Critics attacked Che for flubbing lines and Jost for his schoolboy smirk.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Golding’s book follows a group of schoolboys who are stranded on a desert island.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 July 2019
• The Truman Capote of fashion, Derek Blasberg, channeled a chic schoolboy.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 10 Feb. 2018
• Wallace, who later became a lawyer, was a high school star in Nashville and one of the country’s top schoolboy players.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017
• But how come assaulting a schoolboy ref was never a crime, and still isn’t unless and until the law passes?
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 May 2022
• Wodehouse was an eternal schoolboy; Douglas on the other hand was very worldly, and then some.
  — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
• The original image shows a teenage schoolboy visibly agitated while sitting in class next to a girl.
  — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024