sonny
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“She’d sing it in her own way to see if it fits, and she would say, ‘How does that sound, sonny?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
We need to save Mako big Joe and big Sam for the vital last 25 mins. look at NZ today sonny Bill and Barrett won them the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015
The obvious reply for Darling would have been along the lines of: while you've been watching I've been doing it, sonny.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2010
Sony was meant to appeal to Americans--a nod to "sonny boy," which was a phrase that was popular in Japan during the 1950s.
From Inc ● Mar. 24, 2010
“I didn’t say I’d do it, sonny, don’t try pressuring a miracle man, not this one; you try pressuring me, out you go, how much money you got?”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Ladies, left hand to yer sonnies; Alaman; grand right an' left; Balance all an' swing yer honies — Pick 'em up an' feel their heft.
From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by Lomax, John Avery
Ay, your pa’son comes by fate: ’tis heads or tails, like pitch-halfpenny, and no choosing; so we must take en as he is, my sonnies, and thank God he’s no worse, I suppose.”
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Hardy, Thomas
Here are a few short extracts from the earlier letters:— 'Cheer up, my dear sonnies!
From James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports by Gilmour, James
"Then," said the fiddler, "I'll venture to name that the right and proper thing is 'The Soldier's Joy'—there being a gallant soldier married into the farm—hey, my sonnies, and gentlemen all?"
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
My sonnies, all true stories have a coarse touch or a bad moral, depend upon’t.
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Hardy, Thomas
