Words similar to boy

Example sentences for: boy

How can you use “boy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Five years ago, the Chinese government sparked controversy by nominating a different boy for the position of Panchen Lama than the one the Dalai Lama had chosen.
A few stick up for the embattled author, arguing that though "the ideas expressed aren't complicated," Purdy "grapples with them with a seriousness that puts more seasoned--and ironic--commentators to shame" ( Publishers Weekly ). Walter Kirn, writing in Time , seems a bit gleeful at the fact that "the brainy nature boy has stormed the capital, panicking the languid sophisticates with an unfashionably passionate attack on the dangers of passionlessness," only to later concede that the book is "an arduous read that would test the syntactical skills of a tenured professor."
The boy, who is now 13, shot a man walking out of a convenience store with a 30-year-old rifle from over 200 feet away in the dark.
Some, such as John McLaughlin (PBS's McLaughlin Group ), George Stephanopoulos ( TW ), and Mark Shields ( CG ), think that the boy's father has his son's interests at heart when he requests the boy's return.
Tungsten was first discovered in the United States in 1819, along with tellurium (with the symbol Te, it comes from Latin tellus , another word for terra , both meaning earth; compare the consonant shift between Latin puer , boy, and puella, girl) in Huntington, Connecticut, in a bismuth mine.