boy wonder
Example Sentences
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He appears as something of a historical figure a handful of pages earlier — described as one of the “American boy wonders who’d programmed and designed Commander Keen and Doom.”
From Washington Post
Spieth, the slim, unimposing one-time boy wonder who claimed three major championship victories before he was 23, unleashed a syrupy swing that sent a proficient if understated drive down the middle of the fairway.
From New York Times
Most voters are too young to remember, but Biden was once the boy wonder of U.S. politics, winning a Senate seat at 29 and becoming the sixth-youngest senator in history.
From Washington Post
The boy wonders if authorities in some countries will use the coronavirus crisis to tighten their grip on people’s lives.
From Seattle Times
A parent of a teen boy wonders: What happened to my kind kid?
From Washington Post
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