Boyhood

//ˈbɔɪˌhʊd//

"Boyhood" in a Sentence (12 examples)

In his boyhood, Yasunari Kawabata took care of his grandfather.

His boyhood experiences taught him what it was like to be poor.

He was very naughty in his boyhood.

They laughed at the photograph of my boyhood.

Tom Jackson was a boyhood hero of mine.

Sami's boyhood dream finally came true.

"His kinsman, by a needy father sent, / with him in boyhood to the war I came."

Visiting Algiers is, for me, a boyhood fantasy coming true.

The novel describes the boyhood and youth of an orphan.

Doing this was one of my boyhood dreams.

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And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]

It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick's great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination!

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