How to Use boyfriend in a Sentence

boyfriend

noun
  • My boyfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • Not yours and not your boyfriend’s.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Lisa’s in love and has a boyfriend.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Hunt broke up with a new boyfriend.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Her boyfriend paid him back right away.
    — Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The boyfriend did not make fun of her.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • My boyfriend heard it too but shrugged it off.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026
  • My boyfriend José came with me.
    — Gali Kronenberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • My boyfriend sang show tunes at the top of his lungs.
    — New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The man who was with her at the time was her boyfriend.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My boyfriend is a troller; most of my friends here are trollers.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • My boyfriend had already gone to bed.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Her 23-year-old boyfriend tried to step in.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Soon her boyfriend was doing the same.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 20 June 2026
  • So who is Matt Rogers’ boyfriend?
    — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • The woman was with her boyfriend at the time.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jackson had been her first boyfriend.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • My daughter and her boyfriend are still young.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Banfield and her boyfriend were in the vestibule.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The boyfriend needs to mind his own business.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Hudson says, as her boyfriend agrees.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • My boyfriend’s mother wears the shawl.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 11 June 2026
  • Both women thought the man was their boyfriend.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Trust that your boyfriend’s mother knows her son.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The boyfriend also tried to flip the script on her.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Your boyfriend has been divorced from his ex for decades.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The night was ruined by her boyfriend's bad mood.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Jennings' boyfriend broke it up.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Lena's boyfriend then makes a pit stop to buy her flowers.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
  • Gloria says the man is her boyfriend but does not give a name.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026

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