Example Sentences

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Boyfriends and girlfriends are allowed to visit, although none are allowed to stay overnight.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

Boyfriends grew ponytails, and girls traded Villagers and Pappagallos for work shirts and boots.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

Boyfriends of Christmas Past In a new variation on Charles Dickens’ beloved yuletide spookfest “A Christmas Carol,” Catherine Haena Kim stars as Lauren, a marketing executive with a dubious romantic track record.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2021

I deployed my Bureau of Boyfriends mix-up line to a grudging but sweet reception.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2018

“Boyfriends? Boyfriends? Chittlin’, I ain’t seen a boy since nineteen and twenty-seven.”

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison