boylike

Example Sentences

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His scientific interest in his illness was enormous�even though, boylike, he had a personal pride in the misfortune that had suddenly made him special.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its lure is the image of girls kicking ass, being boylike.

From Time Magazine Archive

His imagination, boylike, was aghast at the unknown.

From The Varmint by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo

They sprinted up to the rapidly increasing crowd, and wriggled, boylike, past obstructing arms and between tense bodies until they found themselves in the inner line of the circle.

From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell

"I think I have stopped them," I answered, turning suddenly shy, though, boylike, I had been longing a few minutes before to talk of my victory.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John