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

He waved a farewell after the other, boylike.

From Jack Winters' Campmates by Overton, Mark

That maltreated pillow was so funny and boylike.

From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret

"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