Schoolboys
[s'ku:lbɔɪz]
Examples
- The collegians he addressed, not as schoolboys, but as future citizens and embryo patriots. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My father wished us, as schoolboys, to speak well, but he would never wish his grown-up daughters to be acting plays. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Generally, I don't like schoolboys. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- By this time Maurice and his friend were also enjoying their bath in the cool element, and the three rollicked about like schoolboys. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typed by Gilda