schoolboy

Example Sentences

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As a schoolboy, he discovered a talent for math and English, eventually enrolling at Macquarie University to study actuarial science at a mentor’s suggestion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“The Boys of Dungeon Lane” begins with “As You Lie There,” his fond remembrances about a schoolboy crush.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

In “Conundrum,” Morris claimed that it had “seemed perfectly natural to me to play the girl’s role” in schoolboy romances at Lancing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

To Cole, a former schoolboy from east London, that behaviour is normal.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Soon he would cease to be a schoolboy.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan