How to Use delivery boy in a Sentence

delivery boy

noun
  • Those paddlewheel gambling boats are as much a thing of the past as newspaper delivery boys.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
  • His father, Norman, owned a grocery store, where Jerry worked as a delivery boy.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • When the furry delivery boy reached the passenger-side door, the customer bent over and collected her purchase from his pack.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Her father had left high school at 14 to support his penurious mother and work as a delivery boy in a cotton trading company.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • As a teenager, Luciano Giubbilei worked after school as a delivery boy for a florist in his native city of Siena, Italy.
    — Andrew Montgomery, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2018
  • On Maria's first night as a dinner guest, the sixteen-year-old Liesl escapes from the dinner table to meet the telegram delivery boy, Rolf.
    — Kelly Hushin, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2017
  • For about a year, Khanna sustained himself by working odd jobs, as a dog-walker, cat-sitter, delivery boy, dishwasher -- anything to pay the bills.
    — Vedika Sud, CNN, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • One was a local businessman who went to the location to film the attack and the other a delivery boy, per preliminary information.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Our delivery boy visits a lot of different people, entering lives and collaborating in their idiosyncrasies.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 27 July 2022
  • When a bad investment pushed the family into bankruptcy after the 1929 stock market crash, Seldin began working as a delivery boy to help pay the bills.
    — Washington Post, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • Irish got his start in the newspaper industry as a paper delivery boy in Toledo, Ohio, and borrowed money from his mother to manage the route, according to his obituary.
    — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The plot revolves around Meni Azulai, who works as a delivery boy who unwillingly becomes an infiltrator within the Israeli right-wing movement.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • On the other hand, Das’ Zwigato is based in a small town in India and tells the story of family struggling with daily needs after the man lost his job has started working with a food delivery app as a delivery boy.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Among the supporting players, those making a zesty impression include Justin Diaz as Arpad Laszlo, an enthusiastic shop delivery boy.
    — Mike Giuliano, baltimoresun.com, 18 Oct. 2019

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