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

So, boylike, I resolved, in my great love for Shakoona, to try and kill that bear.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by Laughlin, J. E.

The primary cause was the presence of the man by her side, the big man with the grave face, and the clear, boylike eyes.

From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

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)