schoolboy

Example Sentences

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We track his evolution from Liverpudlian schoolboy to American media entrepreneur, his heart broken repeatedly by an English team whose hype is never matched by its performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

From Salon • May 12, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 16, 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

Like a schoolboy, he fills his notebooks with Latin words, but he never really succeeds.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day