How to Use schoolboy in a Sentence

schoolboy

noun
  • The lyrics are based on this schoolboy crush on this girl at school.
    — Billboard, 3 July 2017
  • The lyrics are based on this schoolboy crush on this girl at school.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 July 2018
  • Hey, if schoolboys in England can do it, why shouldn’t a few rap stars?
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 26 June 2017
  • Thinking about the six weeks ahead of him, the schoolboy got all jittery about the legs.
    — Helen Oyeyemi, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2021
  • In the midst of the chaos, a young schoolboy approaches the tree and tries to push it out of the road.
    — Jenn Lofgren, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • We were interrupted again, this time by a schoolboy wanting to buy a can of fizzy drink.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2018
  • But nostalgia is leading those who are neither sailors nor schoolboys back to the style.
    — Steve Garbarino, WSJ, 17 Apr. 2018
  • As a schoolboy, Biden was mocked by classmates and a nun for a severe stutter.
    — Steve Peoples, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Golding’s book follows a group of schoolboys who are stranded on a desert island.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 29 July 2019
  • In one incident four years ago, dozens of schoolboys were burned alive by militants.
    — Jonathan Gopep and Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Here's a look at how survival of the world's oldest dynasty rests on the shoulders of a schoolboy.
    — CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • With them, a schoolboy striped Oxford shirt, navy V-neck sweater and navy blazer.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In the big blowout, Lacy scored 74 points, then a Maryland schoolboy record.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2022
  • Leicester had wanted to sign him on schoolboy terms and that, of course, was tempting for a boy who had grown up in that city.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The British schoolboys who last week protested their school's ban on shorts by wearing skirts have won their battle.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 25 June 2017
  • Everyone has heard about the schoolboy’s dubious claim that a dog ate his homework.
    — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 4 June 2020
  • Critics attacked Che for flubbing lines and Jost for his schoolboy smirk.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • But how come assaulting a schoolboy ref was never a crime, and still isn’t unless and until the law passes?
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Feb. 2020
  • And then a schoolboy with mean little eyes who tries to cajole her, menacingly, into a game of hide-and-seek.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 May 2022
  • Coll, a trim man with a boyish face, tousled hair and schoolboy glasses, scribbled numbers on a sheet of scrap paper.
    — Leonard Downie Jr., Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Back then Liang Jiwen was a schoolboy, the son of a Dazhai official.
    — The Economist, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Wodehouse was an eternal schoolboy; Douglas on the other hand was very worldly, and then some.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Click over to Sport Plus, and the Macan straightens up like a slouching schoolboy whacked with a nun's ruler.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2021
  • No, the Crimson Tide isn’t calling anyone a loser like a schoolboy.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Top Rank pounced, adding a feisty competitor with magazine-cover looks and a schoolboy's charm.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • If anything, this match served as a return to more ‘real’ football that could prove beneficial for both schoolboys.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Wallace, who later became a lawyer, was a high school star in Nashville and one of the country’s top schoolboy players.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Calhoun was an Arizona schoolboy who lugged his glove to Cactus League games and asked players to sign it.
    — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 4 May 2018
  • Browne is intellectual, playful, cheeky — the domain of schoolboy dreams and art world fancy.
    — Dave Schilling contributing follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Imagine Joe DiMaggio as a schoolboy running up and down the stairwells in the ’20s.
    — Christopher Reynolds, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2019

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