schoolboy

Example Sentences

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As a schoolboy, Norris wrote, he was shy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Trotsky was a dazzling speaker and a dandy who “never quite stopped being a clever schoolboy desperate to show others how much he had learned.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

A blond-haired schoolboy flanker sprinting from his own 22 to score a solo try, external for Northampton Saints Under-18s will not go unmissed.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

He said his team experienced "a real sense of sadness" when Noah's body was found because they understood what he had gone through, and they knew "the steps" the schoolboy had taken.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Maybe Drave was hiding just out of sight, chuckling like a schoolboy.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor