Example sentences for: boyhood

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

  • His boyhood was marked by immersion in astronomy and telescope-making, but saddened by the painful illness of his sister.

  • So most nicknames are the inheritance of boyhood features or facial characteristics, e.g., Chubby, Porgie, Moon, Snail, Speedy (apparently his opposite), Peg-Leg, and the like, all delineating good friends of mine.

  • His manager explained that Bowe was scrapping his much-publicized attempt to serve in the corps (his boyhood dream) because Marine training turned out to be a lot harder than his boxing training regimen (four hours of work interrupted by a nap), and Bowe didn't like being told what to do.

  • In Boyhood , as in his other work, astringence remains his first principle.

  • He was a boyhood friend of Sir Philip Sidney.


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