boyfriend
Example Sentences
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I had so much built-up anxiety about facing my own numbers, but seeing my boyfriend lay his cards on the table gave me the courage to finally log in and look at mine.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
She discovered that her boyfriend did more dishes—but she took out the trash more often and did more cleaning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
But “Dead Lover” hews closer to Laura Moss’ modern medical take, “birth/rebirth,” and even more closely to Zelda Williams’ cute, poppy “Lisa Frankenstein,” in which a young seamstress stitches up a reanimated boyfriend.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Maria Magdalena Callejas, her boyfriend and her 14-year-old son were detained in Texas while on a road trip last spring.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
“But it’s not like I want him to be my boyfriend or anything.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.