schoolboy

Example Sentences

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As a schoolboy, Norris wrote, he was shy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The name Gunningham first emerged in what declared to be a world exclusive by The Mail in 2008, describing him as "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

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

He glances at my identity card, then up at my LDV armband, with his schoolboy smirk.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin