How to Use boyfriend in a Sentence

boyfriend

noun
  • My boyfriend and I have only been dating for a couple of months.
  • Hoover was with her boyfriend at the time, who is Wampanoag.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Swift's boyfriend, Travis Kelce, is a tight end for the Chiefs.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • This is the first child for her and her boyfriend, A$AP Rocky.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The chain caught the light every time the singer cheered for her boyfriend on the field.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The boyfriend was the owner of the Chrysler 300 and lived in that apartment building.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 3 June 2023
  • My boyfriend is a troller; most of my friends here are trollers.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Oh to live in an AI world and build the perfect boyfriend.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Doe, who was the woman's boyfriend, left to go to the store and came back, Fraylick said.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2024
  • The boyfriend did not report the robbery to the police.
    — Alan Judd, ajc, 13 June 2022
  • Chapin, Kernodle's boyfriend, lived across the street and was spending the night.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Swift was seen at the concert with her boyfriend Travis Kelce.
    — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The flight was cancelled, and now my boyfriend and I are stranded.
    — Sophie Pinkham, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The call was then dropped, and her boyfriend, who was in the United States, was not able to reach her again.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 15 June 2023
  • Julia Aoun drove up from Long Beach to catch the show with her boyfriend, who is a fan of the bands.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In fact, Nordegren had a boyfriend back in Sweden at the time.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • So he's seen me through all of my good times, my bad times, this boyfriend, not that boyfriend.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In August, Li slipped and fell while out with her boyfriend.
    — David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Adam, for his part, has just broken up with a boyfriend.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • All of the boyfriends standing with their arms crossed are singing along to every word.
    — Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Pair these boots with a great boyfriend jean or midi skirt.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Grande met her current boyfriend, Ethan Slater — who plays the Munchkin Boq — on set.
    — Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Rowena told Dateline that the boyfriend told them Alexis had come to see him on the evening of the 26th.
    — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 25 May 2022
  • Jono calls his boyfriend, David, an opera singer, to debrief.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 10 June 2024
  • Lacey then asked them to rank Rory’s boyfriends from Gilmore Girls.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The woman refused to get in the car with her boyfriend and walked away, police said.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Her boyfriend is a huge hockey fan, so the Coyotes are part of their lives.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Madison co-wrote the song with boyfriend Blake Richardson.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The younger woman has issues, ranging from a bad boyfriend to substance-abuse problems.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
  • Quintero’s testimony against her boyfriend got her a reduced sentence of 13 years.
    — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025

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