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

And when Steve caught sight of Jim's sober face and heard the story, he thought it very boylike and rather amusing.

From A Little Girl in Old New York by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Noel, boylike, unmindful of the justice of the little sutler's complaints, was greatly angered at the treachery of his comrade.

From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)

He now went to work on this and finished it, and, boylike, thought his fortune was made.

From The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)