How to Use choirboy in a Sentence

choirboy

noun
  • Wilson’s choirboy tenor given new grit and the rhythm section bearing down like a steamroller.
    — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The second choirboy died from an accidental overdose after years of drug abuse.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The other choirboy did not make public accusations against Pell.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Many fans of the folk-rock, choirboy-harmony-loving Seattle band thought this moment might never come.
    — Dan Hyman, GQ, 12 June 2017
  • Nas paced around the vocal booth listening to the playback, holding his hands together in front of himself like a choirboy.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • Sanctimonious James Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the trial, the prosecution relied on the evidence of a former choirboy, who was then in his 30s and had a young family.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2023
  • By gelding a choirboy, the Church would suspend his gossamer vocal cords so that a child’s song could live on in a man’s throat, backed, crucially, by a man’s powerful lungs.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The other choirboy did not make public accusations against Cardinal Pell.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The other choirboy did not make public accusations against Cardinal Pell.
    — Rachel Pannett and Frances Vinall, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Also interviewed is the 12-year-old choirboy left to sing solo when his colleagues, seemingly overwhelmed by the moment, lost their voices.
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The father of the dead choirboy, neither of whom can be named, attended the court hearing on Wednesday, the father lawyer’s Lisa Flynn said before the hearing.
    — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The father of the dead choirboy, neither of whom can be named, attended the court hearing on Wednesday, the father lawyer's Lisa Flynn said before the hearing.
    — NBC News, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Wendell would make the cutthroat Ewing (Larry Hagman) look like a choirboy in comparison during his 50-episode stint through 1989.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Quick to capitalize on it, Ralph’s rival Jack (Lox Pratt, another standout), who leads the slightly older and more bonded contingent of choirboys who have claimed the role of hunters, makes a play for dominance through brute strength.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026
  • With unprecedented access to the artist, the documentary follows Lightfoot’s evolution from Christian choirboy to troubled troubadour to international star and beloved Canadian icon.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2020

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