How to Use paperboy in a Sentence

paperboy

noun
  • Soon enough, a paperboy comes barreling down the street on his bike.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 20 May 2022
  • Hazelwood took great pride in his role as the paperboy who grew up to own the historic venue.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Majors wore a navy sweater over a blue button-down, black paperboy pants and a grey trench coat.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The paperboy idea runs through the entire book, though sometimes loosely.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Adult paperboys and papergirls then made the rounds via bicycle.
    — Jack Nicas, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Fortunately for the paperboy, the Z-car would get quicker and safer in only a few years.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Paulsen was a soldier, a truck driver, a paperboy, an actor, an alcoholic (sober for the last 50 years of his life).
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In this movie, Christian Bale stars as a paperboy who leads the newsboy strike of 1899.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The brand’s signature scarf prints and fringe were still there, but the overall effect was more haute night crawler than equestrian, down to the leather paperboy caps.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 7 June 2024
  • The confessions of a paperboy turned journalist.
    — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Compare it to the plight of the newspaper paperboy on his paper route, the iconic part-time job of 20th century teenage boys.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Nov. 2017
  • Rough Point estate, which has resonated in the seaside tourist mecca, is being challenged by a witness — the paperboy.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Another paperboy, Sam Abadir, took a bus downtown and found a stockbroker’s office.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • After last being seen in an old scarf and paperboy hat last week, Chalamet was photographed once more, this time rocking a dressier look from the world of Dylan.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • No, Clyde Roach was not a columnist, or affiliated with the media company except as a paperboy as a child.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 26 May 2017
  • That conversation brought the whole thing flooding back for McLean, who was a 13-year-old paperboy when Holly died.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2022
  • Warren Buffett, who is worth $143 billion today and was once the richest man in the world, was once making mere pennies as a teenage paperboy.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In a paperboy cap and a ponytail, with a gold chain terminating in a solid-gold revolver-as-emblem, Ice-T is—as always—holding his own.
    — Wyatt Mason, Esquire, 7 June 2017
  • Growing up in Detroit, Parker worked as a paperboy in middle school, a drugstore clerk in high school and a mail carrier in college and graduate school.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 1 July 2020
  • The original card was collected by a 16-year-old paperboy in Baltimore named Archibald Davis.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Related North’s friend, meanwhile, dressed up as Hilton in a blue-and-white striped tank with navy blue pants, a black paperboy cap and a black leather Balenciaga purse.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The neighborhood paperboy, 12-year-old Edward Vernon, is bribed by the husband of the other shooting victim to go to the police.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Underneath all of that, though, the book is really a reflection from a man who still seems slightly stunned by where life took him, from a paperboy in Kentucky to one of America’s richest lawyers.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • However, his first job around the age of 14 was as a paperboy delivering morning copies of The San Diego Union newspaper on his bike.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
  • For the next half-century, milk trucks traced the streets of America, bringing fresh bottles to doorsteps daily the same way paperboys delivered newspapers and mail carriers brought letters and packages.
    — jsonline.com, 7 Jan. 2020
  • That witness, Bob Walker, 68, was at the time a 13-year-old paperboy who was first upon the scene, and his account differed from official versions of what happened.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Gray also recalled his paperboy memories in the oral history, posted online at Orlando Memory.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But detectives had obtained a statement from a local paperboy, 12-year-old Eddie Vernon, who knew the Bridgemans and Jackson.
    — Annie Flanagan, Smithsonian, 29 Jan. 2017
  • Their latest installment leans into a moody, underground vibe — think poker tables, pool halls and old-school paperboy caps — while showcasing the company’s signature blend of contemporary and commercial styles.
    — Sean Erwin, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Bridgerton fans can spot the Old Royal Naval College mostly throughout season 2, like when a paperboy scurries across the grounds to deliver the latest gossip from Lady Whistledown in the first episode.
    — Kayla Keegan, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026

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