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

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

With the passing of the years, many changes have occurred to sunder the friendships formed during those boylike expeditions.

From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley

That maltreated pillow was so funny and boylike.

From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret