homeboy

Example Sentences

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If a friend put me in a situation that nearly destroyed my career, I’d stay as far away from homeboy as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

“I remembered my homeboy that lived in the neighborhood. I had to go through some woods to his house with the album,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

We attended the same middle school, lost touch during our high school years, and then reunited when she moved two doors down from me with her cousin, my homeboy.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

“Looks like homeboy is doing a little too good,” Tolbert said.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2021

And to top it all off, he was trying hard to be sympathetic to me, his pretty normal, now really sad homeboy.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds