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boyfriend

[boi-frend] / ˈbɔɪˌfrɛnd /


Example Sentences

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“The boyfriend didn’t see a weapon at the time,” said Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Her mother told reporters that her daughter had a boyfriend named David.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

It’s not too late for your boyfriend to start saving for retirement, and now that he is in his 50s, he can even make catch-up contributions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Suspicion also falls on the married owner of the Sahara, who was secretly in love with Zakia, and the dead woman’s boyfriend, who is arrested on evidence of a threatening letter supposedly written by him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

I hear the cutie in the sundress call her boyfriend “Trey.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith