boylike

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Archibald had promised to look her up during the evening, but boylike had forgotten the old friend in quest of the new.

From Why Joan? by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein

Indeed, boylike he immediately showed much more concern over a possible injury to his motorcycle than he gave any thought to himself.

From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph

By and by, on a gentle breeze springing up from the southward and westward, Master Bob, boylike, suggested their slipping the Zephyr’s moorings and going for a little sail out into the offing.

From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by Greene, John B.