boy scout

Example Sentences

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All you have to do is be a Boy Scout and plan for the worst, which we did.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Edwin was a Boy Scout and a Pokémon devotee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

Trinkets from his Boy Scout days, winter sweaters for the dogs, and $60 worth of food were among his missing belongings.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025

The on-screen Blue Boy Scout conveyed a Smallville-bred sense of humility throughout, saying he almost didn’t take the role of Superman for fear of being too busy to help with a newborn.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

After Dad-oh goes to bed and I’m sure he’s asleep I sneak into Devon’s room and borrow his Boy Scout knife and camping flashlight and go to the living room.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine