boo-boo

Example Sentences

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Widely ridiculed on social media for his lack of knowledge, Mr Harris apologised for what he described as an "awful boo-boo".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2024

It might be your internet company’s fault, a boo-boo with your home equipment or interference from your neighbor’s Call of Duty game night.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023

Some attestation forms seem impractical, requiring parents to interview their pre-school-age children about their health, when some that age can’t distinguish between a boo-boo and a sore throat.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

“Then everybody put a boo-boo on that. They said: ‘What are you doing, ratting on about that?’

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

But then she leans in and places a gentle kiss on my stinging cheek, like a mother kissing a little kid’s boo-boo.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman