| 单词 | boyfriend |
| 例句 | The boyfriend joins us, and the two of them sit side by side looking comfortable and happy and like they really might be together forever. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “He’s not my boyfriend, you know. He likes dudes.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z She must have imagined her boyfriend would come running just as the train was about to leave, and they would jump aboard and go somewhere. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I thought I was ugly 11 had no boyfriend, I didn’t go to parties, and I had no social life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He is her third boyfriend but her first love. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I want to cut through the awkwardness, have Rhiannon treat me like her boyfriend or girlfriend again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I started working them a few years ago, after dropping by to visit a former boyfriend. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m just going to have to explain it to Hilly, let her know I am not a boyfriend stealer. In fact, I’ll tell Hilly on Friday night, when I see her at the Benefit.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She and her boyfriend go out Saturday nights to a buffet dinner. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Maybe your parents will hold an eyelid up to get out a piece of dirt, or maybe your boyfriend will kiss your eyelids, light as a butterfly, just before you drift off to sleep. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She even spoke a bit about her boyfriend, Ewan, while we did the dishes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Didi did not show any less interest in her boyfriend or any more interest in me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A boyfriend? How nice. He’s not in here with you? So I don’t suppose he’s a Muslim, now, is he?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I ring Audrey about tomorrow and she cancels a date with the boyfriend. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z In the end, she put on a pair of boyfriend jeans and then a maroon shirt that she found in the back of her closet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The pretty one has a boyfriend and goes to dances, the burned one hates her and loves the boyfriend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It went on for something like ten years, thirteen years, I’m not really sure, but we got to stay in the house. Her boyfriend was the one who moved out.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Yes, it is. My boyfriend gave it to me.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z At lunch, the girls take it upon themselves to discuss and evaluate the fifty million guys they apparently think are boyfriend prospects for me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Even my prettier older sister never seemed to have boyfriends, when all the other white girls in her clique did. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what had been going on with my own boyfriend, and we’d spent nearly every waking second together for more than a year. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The boyfriends never lasted any longer than the jobs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "I'm sorry, too. I'm sorry because it should be your boyfriend who is dead, not mine. I hope he dies soon." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I thought you were supposed to be at home, waiting for your boyfriend to come back a hero?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I concerned myself with career changes and the adjustment period of living with a boyfriend for the first time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z She said, “I went to the moon during spring break to see how people live. When you came along, I thought, ‘Now I’ll have a boyfriend, like people have boyfriends.’ Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not. Isaac is not my boyfriend.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z A boyfriend from Honduras, Santos, joins her in Long Beach. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She squints her eyes at me for a second before smiling and thumbing through her boyfriend’s wallet for a twenty. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “She’s got a boyfriend, do you know that? You better hope nobody tells him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He whiled away the time imagining that she was a housewife talking to a boyfriend. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then her sister turns to me and says, “So you killed Christina’s boyfriend.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The dancing couple pauses, the girl on the floor and her boyfriend stare. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When Sunny said “boyfriend,” she gazed straight ahead. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I wonder how I’m going to break up with someone who’s not really my boyfriend. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Another cosmic joke for Gaea to laugh at: Annabeth dies trying to keep her boyfriend, the son of Poseidon, from drowning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And she said, “My boyfriend. Didn’t I tell you about him?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z And if this is what it’s like having a boyfriend, I don’t know why in God’s name I waited so long. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I could not see her boyfriend, nor the tall blonde woman with the grey-haired man who was shorter than her. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “What? You have other boyfriends knocking at your door at six thirty in the morning?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She the one Miss Hilly and Miss Leefolt always talking trash on cause she marry Miss Hilly’s old boyfriend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “But don’t think this means we’re boyfriend and girlfriend,” I said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then out of nowhere Augustus said, “You can’t just not contact your former boyfriend after his eyes get cut out of his freaking head.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Tito and some fellow Liberians were walking up the street when they ran into an African American teenager they knew, walking with his mother and her boyfriend. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The last time she asked I told her maybe she shouldn’t base her entire future on her current high school boyfriend. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Get a boyfriend, wear makeup, go to parties and dances, meet new people.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The rose corsage her boyfriend, Brian, had given her at homecoming, hung to dry on her vanity, the petals darkened from ruby to dried-blood red. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “The last boyfriend I had always paid for everything.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Everything would be so much easier if I could just be one of those ex-boyfriends who was happy that Hudson misses me and not care because I have an even more amazing boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Maybe the fact that my friends are watching me closely as I interact with Nico doesn’t mean they’re pushing me to have a boyfriend. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z They still bring their boyfriends home, though Karin’s is a different one now. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly I remember I’m in a hoodie, looking a straight-up mess...and that I actually have a boyfriend. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Until then, though, Connie would give me insight into Tina’s likes and dislikes so I could shape myself into perfect boyfriend material. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So she called Aunt Kay and her boyfriend, Bernie, they borrowed a truck and helped us pack, bundled us up in winter coats turned off that swinging light and got us out of there! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Anyway, the first thing that happened when I got to her party was that Savanna greeted me at the door and asked: “Where’s your boyfriend, Summer?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “What, and leave your new boyfriend, Derrick, behind? Whatever. Don’t expect me to chase after you.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Pretty, confident—the kind of girl who probably already had a boyfriend, although she never mentioned one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I’m going to need a boyfriend going in, to give me some stability, a little bit of backup, you know? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The total signified the number of boyfriends I would have. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was seven years old, my mother had been dating her new boyfriend, Abel, for a year maybe, but at that point I was too young to know who they were to each other. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z My high school friends would still have been whining over boyfriends and fighting for carhop jobs at the A&W. Their idea of a dog-eat-dog world was Beauty School. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Not in a boyfriend way, more like a little brother. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Sunny had said that her and her new boyfriend had made them by hand the day before. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Are you going all by yourself?” he asked, and I couldn’t tell if he was suspicious I had a secret boyfriend or just worried about car trouble. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mama’s boyfriend pick up that brick and hit me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They’re only looking at the husband, presumably because they don’t know about the boyfriend. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “A girl that brings food to her boyfriend?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Charming, was what one of the girls said later: Your boyfriend is so charming. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Being Tina's first boyfriend kept Park out of the lowest neighborhood caste. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “It was my boyfriend at the time, Max.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z DAD: Like, now I have to sit around doing nothing all the time, and my twenty-three-year-old boyfriend can’t see me or bring me alcohol. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He had that evil face that Mama’s boyfriend had right before he grabbed up that brick. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “But what if we don’t get boyfriends immediately?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “You just want to get there early to see your boyfriend.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "I don't need to be with somebody in order for it to be okay that you have a boyfriend. It's okay already." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Unless your fancy school and fancy boyfriend have made you too good for it.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I really hope I don’t lose my best friend and boyfriend in one summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z That year, Sherry Heller invited Charlie and me to her basement New Year’s Eve party so we could all watch her make out with her big-nosed boyfriend from Midland Catholic. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew I was stupid for feeling it, but when Julia Bishop admitted she had a boyfriend, I kind of sank lower in my seat and thought about what a loser I was. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “I get it. You’ve got a new boyfriend, and you don’t need me anymore.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The jeans are arranged by type—straight, skinny, boot cut, wide leg, the ridiculously named “boyfriend.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Before you say it, Derek’s boyfriend doesn’t look anything like me.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Do your parents know you have a boyfriend?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I’m your boyfriend, and I didn’t know any of that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “C’mon, Hiram, you think I’m stupid? What kind of big brother would I be if I didn’t know my kid sister had herself a boyfriend?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z "So," she says to me after we've reached the end of the block, "tell me about yourself. How do you know Judith? Are you in university? What are you studying? Do you have a boyfriend?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Still, I was reminded of the business with Mona’s boyfriend the week before. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’ve never had any kind of boyfriend until you,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She was interested in clothes and makeup and in having a good time with her many boyfriends, all of whom adored her. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Taylor Dixwell says “boyfriend” loud enough to take down the walls. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe you pulled this off. You put up a poster for this guy, then you actually found him, and now you guys are boyfriends.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “See, this is why I’m so glad to be single. Because I can just hang out with you and not have to run upstairs to call my boyfriend.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Choosing to forgive strange smells or choosing that Gadzooks is not the only place that boyfriends can shop. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Within a few weeks, my father—who years earlier had not been able to guess my age within half a decade—knew about my classes, my boyfriend, my summer job. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z How do you find out if he wants to be your boyfriend? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z In fourth grade, she became obsessed with boys and wanted to pretend we all had boyfriends and discuss which one of us would get a boyfriend first, and who even cares? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In high school, she struggled in the adolescent competition for boyfriends in a world of football games and proms, a world where her looks were plainly uncommon. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It had even been rumored for a while last spring that she had a secret boyfriend who was extraordinarily handsome, somebody she visited in Anacortes, but that rumor gradually evaporated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My boyfriend, in other words, was a big deal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad Janae finally learned how to get a rich boyfriend. She better stay in his pockets so we can keep living this good life!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Well, uh, I don’t know what you did to this kid who is apparently not your boyfriend,” he said, “but I’m pretty sure he’s in love with you.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “What you know about boyfriends?” she teased, tickling the little girl under her arms. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The part of Birmingham, Alabama, I grew up in was so classconscious that a boyfriend broke up with me in ninth grade because my telephone exchange was not the socially obligatory 871 or 879. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Are you going to tell Charlie I’m your boyfriend or not?” he demanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The lad we’d taken for the girl in the pink fluffy jacket’s boyfriend. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Since my mother was busy with me, she did not always have the perfect hot meal her boyfriend expected ready the moment he walked in the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “We had breakfast and opened our presents earlier. She had to go do the Christmas thing with her boyfriend’s family.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Well, was she quite introverted and a little dorky and she'd had one boyfriend when she was seven who dumped her?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z With the new year, Lourdes, her boyfriend, and their relatives decide to leave North Carolina. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Finally, my parents decided that I could be with my boyfriend under one condition. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Gale's not my boyfriend, but would he be, if I opened that door? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “But it’s not like I want him to be my boyfriend or anything.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Sometimes I let her do that—walk across the street with her arm around my shoulder while men whistled at her and asked if I was her boyfriend. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I bet feeling good about yourself for being brave feels tons better than something silly like having a boyfriend. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Wherever it is that gutless, lazy, lowlife boyfriends go,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The pack of cigarettes, which my friend Judy Smith’s boyfriend bought for her at the Esso station outside of town, and which she passed along to me, doesn’t even register in my mind. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Baby girl, if your boyfriend ever gets into your panties and you find yourself in a family way, swear that it was Immaculate Conception and start mouthing off about miracles,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If the Lord hasn’t got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that’s His business. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a quick glance in the chilly glow of the refrigerator before she had a chance to hide the latest souvenir her boyfriend gave her. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Danielle, the little girl who asked if I was Lovey’s boyfriend when we first got there, ran over to pile on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if you secretly had boyfriends throughout the years, or if you went straight from living with Maman and Baba to getting married. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z And we were going to try to get boyfriends and go to a dance. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I hold my first Germ meeting, and there are twenty-two of us, all girls, except for Briana Boudreau’s boyfriend, Adam, and Fizzy Meade’s brother, Max. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The lunch discussion centered on the girl who was supposed to have been Alaska’s roommate, Marya, and her boyfriend, Paul, who had been a Weekday Warrior. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And he was the one who took the blame and the beatings if something wasn’t done to his mother’s boyfriend’s liking. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But she’s relieved her insecure, jealous boyfriend didn’t deliver the killing blow. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And when the boyfriends come, I discover what was so important about the electricity. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “He is so cute. I’ve seen him around. He comes to the school with Donna’s boyfriend.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Paul Blofis, my mom’s boyfriend, was standing out front, greeting future ninth graders as they came up the steps. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Stealing my boyfriend wasn’t enough? You had to betray the whole Smoke!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I wondered if I should have brought along my boyfriend to make the experience feel more real or important, but I hadn't expected it to be a spectator sport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z So, the idea of a boyfriend made me feel like melted chocolate, all gooey and warm. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “We have plenty of time. First, we get boyfriends, then we’ll find the perfect dresses for the dance.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I'm bringing my boyfriend, Curt. You’ll finally get to meet him.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I ditched family parties with her so we could drive to a nearby park and listen to her boyfriend play guitar. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Dad went through the five phases of grieving— denial, anger, acceptance, whatever—in like one day. I think he’s more freaked out that he is old enough to have a daughter who has a boyfriend.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t my boyfriend; he wasn’t even my friend. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z My aunt Alice and her boyfriend Rick were dead, along with everyone who had lived in our trailer, and in the trailers below and around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I don’t think Jasmine’s ever had a boyfriend before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Can you believe she actually got a boyfriend?” the woman who ran the electronics section said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She says he's her boyfriend and he gives them to her; I think she might steal them. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Like “I once told my militant black daddy about my white boyfriend” kinda boldness. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In fact, I don’t know anyone’s number by heart, except my stupid eighth grade boyfriend’s, who is the last person on this or any other planet that I’d call. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Obviously, she had a boyfriend, but who was he? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z My “friends” all went to the game, of course, because all their boyfriends were playing. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She was going, “I’ve done some of it before. I had this boyfriend, he played the guitar. Somehow he tricked me into doing a thing or two before I realized his lyrics didn’t rhyme.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was I just someone you banged to get over your dead boyfriend?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There — that sounded like something a teenager with her first boyfriend might say. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Three Times a Lady” by the Commodores cleared the floor 'cept for boyfriends and girlfriends who smooched, enjoying being looked at, and snoggers who just snogged and forgot they were being looked at. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z A not-really-maybe boyfriend who I can’t bear to be seen with in public, because I feel that repulsive when I think of us standing side by side. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Mom had a bunch of boyfriends after that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z So what if she had a tendency to run away from home and go missing for days with her boyfriend? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I would still be an illegal immigrant, but at least now I was one with an American boyfriend and a high school diploma. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z "You don't want to go with your boyfriend?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “What happened? Did you fall off a motorbike belonging to one of your Stanford boyfriends? Or did the evil coach of your track team put a hit out on you?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You don’t have time to talk to me about Olga’s pregnancy and married boyfriend?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She told me her new boyfriend, Jake, would take me for a ride on his motorcycle and she could put blue streaks in my hair if I wanted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “We’ll just be the kinds of girls who have boyfriends in college.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he’s my boyfriend” is all I say. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Easy enough as it was to adopt white American values, I still had a Japanese father to frighten my boyfriends and a Japanese face to thwart my social goals. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She drank too much, played field hockey in high school, and had had a series of boyfriends and one girlfriend, but never love. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “She has a boyfriend! I knew I should have tried to holler at that thick one!” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I love you. Do you have another boyfriend there?” he asks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Don’t give it to your boyfriend to wear to the prom, but yeah, I think it could work,” says Tanasia with a smile. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She always had a string of hot skater boyfriends, an adorable nose piercing, and a shoe rack full of Doc Marten boots. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Nope. No party. No boyfriend. But some geeks over on Lancaster Road invited me to their all-night Monopoly party. Wanna go and crash it with me?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z How could I abandon my parents, who were nice enough to pay for my education at Culver Creek, my parents who had always loved me, just because I maybe liked some girl with a boyfriend? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You’re a liar, Kingston James, and she doesn’t need a boyfriend like you.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z If he’s not my boyfriend, what do I call him? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I thought you said he wasn’t your boyfriend.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z "The cat has a boyfriend," I point out. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because she switched to a bigger school or maybe because she got her first boyfriend. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I have never had a boyfriend except for him. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The woman replied that she was a transgender woman and that what she had between her legs was nobody’s business but hers and her boyfriend’s. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Without warning, Hera had plucked up Percy Jackson, Annabeth’s boyfriend, wiped his memory, and sent him to the Roman camp. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “At home for once and not playing video games with your li’l boyfriend.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I know I don't want to feel as if I need people to meet my expectations as a mother, friend, boyfriend, or even brother. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a boyfriend, do you, Virginia?” the Doctorita demands as I wash the dishes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mom, I do want to date. I want to have boyfriends. I deserve that. Even if you think that I don’t.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She had a boyfriend when she met up with Volpe that second time, but he was in Vietnam. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Five days later, Lourdes’s boyfriend gets time off from work to drive to Orlando, where Enrique has been staying with other immigrants and waiting for him to arrive. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He hears a young woman somewhere in the compartment, talking to her boyfriend on a cell phone, softly laughing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sandi called her boyfriend long distance and, with her back turned to us, whispered things like "Me too." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Maybe the physicist likes that the cat has a boyfriend." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “So, she never had a boyfriend after that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She spent a little time trying to marry again, but nobody wanted to take her on with three children, and she simply couldn’t manage the business of keeping boyfriends. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to know anyone at this school. It’s enough that he does. Your boyfriend is kind of a big deal.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They just really want to meet my awesome new boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Then he remembered what Natalie had said the day before, thinking that Mom was running away from a dangerous boyfriend. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not alone. I have a boyfriend, I have wonderful friends. I inherited this house when our parents died and remodeled it a little. I’m so not alone—please don’t be sad for me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Two more kids trying out for the roles of Miss Ornsby, the English teacher, and Chet, the boyfriend were called up as well. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z My boyfriend and best friend both abandoned me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It’s like the universe is trying to make him my boyfriend, which is messed up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine my mom having a boyfriend. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Dill’s a good first boyfriend. He’s liked you as more than a friend for a long time,” her mom said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I received a barrage of congratulations from my work colleagues and from my American boyfriend's family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “A sort-of boyfriend? Is it like a time-share and you get him for a couple of weeks in May and November?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I had this whole speech worked out, about how I didn’t want a boyfriend and never planned on marrying, but I didn’t end up using it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was only an idea of a boyfriend: a placeholder. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But it’s Saturday, and I’m sitting in a Rolls-Royce on my way to prom with a boyfriend who isn’t saying much of anything to me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Try to get a boyfriend under those conditions: believe you me, your chances are dull and void. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver’s actually Simon, the boyfriend, earning some double time on Christmas Day. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I have no idea how to be a good boyfriend. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Why would she subject herself to these forever-wedgies when she didn’t even have a boyfriend? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We don’t even have boyfriends yet. It just feels like a lot of pressure.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z You could say my biggest adventure in seventh grade was having a boyfriend for one day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She’s on her third boyfriend since Gavin, so I don’t know what her problem is with me, but today she actually comes up to me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Dad had just told me, the year before, about Mom’s old job at Joe’s and had made it clear that Charlie Kahn was off-limits to me as a boyfriend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “So,” Audrey said, moving to perch on a low table in front of the couch, “what kind of boyfriend do you want?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The other girls talked endlessly among themselves about who still had their cherry and how far they would let their boyfriend go. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As for Wayne Parr, he was her boyfriend. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Indeed, women who are involved in some relationship with men accused of drug crimes, typically husbands or boyfriends, are among the most frequent claimants in forfeiture proceedings. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z At that point Abel was still my mom’s boyfriend. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Vanessa’s boyfriend, a jock named Jeff, thinks it’s her time of the month. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “And I tell you,” he said, not smiling, “that your boyfriend robbed a store and he’s in jail for it. He’s going to stay there, too—now, what you got to say to that?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “She broke up with her boyfriend or something,” Erlan told me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Do not mention that name! You can’t seriously think I’m worried about your puny boyfriend. No one is stronger than me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “The only boyfriend she had was Pedro, such a nice young man.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I had told her about Sammy, making him sound like an old boyfriend in order to keep up with my cousin’s sophisticated life of seventh-grade romance. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When Wes got to the house, his mother’s boyfriend, who was living with them when he wasn’t back home with his wife, was sitting in the living room, directly next to the front door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I want a nice steady life with a nice steady boyfriend. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Finally, there was the tale of the civilian teacher who allowed an eager inmate to help her grade papers and confided in him when her boyfriend dumped her. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good things have happened, too. She’s coping. She has friends. A boyfriend, even. I wouldn’t feel right, taking that away from her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z On the other hand, she had totally creeped me out with her boyfriend talk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z For some reason right then I wondered what it’d be like if I was her boyfriend. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “But I don’t even want a boyfriend or to be talking to anyone. And that’s not even the point,” Isabella goes on in her croaky voice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “There I was, thinking Sam Crawford was my boyfriend until he went to Yale.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I did want a boyfriend, but I didn’t want it to be just anyone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, that was my boyfriend, and no, you may not ask me any further questions about him.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “So we're good to go on the apartment. We can have it whenever we want. My friend will just stay with her boyfriend.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z That summer Luke stayed home while I went to the beach with Leanne, her boyfriend, and his daughter, Savannah, who was about my age. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Lenny is also my mom’s boyfriend, and that’s why we get to live here with his nice curtains and end tables that are perfectly aligned with this couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z They look good together and I can’t help but wonder why Donna has not had the same taste in picking out a good boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then she added, “Sorry o. I did not mean that your boyfriend is a criminal. I was just asking.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell him about the party or my sister and her boyfriend, though. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Ashley Jones was a fourteen-year-old girl who had been convicted of killing two family members when her older boyfriend tried to help her escape her family. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Still—all things considered, Molly knows she has it pretty good: her own room in a tidy house, employed and sober foster parents, a decent high school, a nice boyfriend. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “You should check out these Snow Whites on the tube, man. They each got two boyfriends and they messing with both of them.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So what if they can barely keep it together around regular friends, much less boyfriends. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Olga only had one boyfriend who I knew of—Pedro, a skinny, little guy who looked like an aardvark, but that was years ago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The detectives, hiding in another room, began listening to the staticky voices of Rose and her boyfriend through earphones. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But sorry, he’s not good at being a best friend when he’s someone’s boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z After New Year’s the second big change occurred: my dream, through which I discovered my longing for...a boy; not for a girlfriend, but for a boyfriend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At sixteen and a half my mom found out I was cutting classes with my twenty-one-year-old boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The girl across from us moved her mouth to her boyfriend’s neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My older sister had a boyfriend who was African American. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was way too big for my finger, but I could wrap yarn around the band the way high school girls did when they wore their boyfriend’s rings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Are you seriously calling me right now to talk about this? I’m at lunch with my boyfriend.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “How come you never told me you had a boyfriend?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Later, we all learned she’d been arrested for stabbing her mother’s boyfriend to death. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “First of all, you’re, like, what, thirteen? Second of all, I don’t want a boyfriend. Don’t you see that I just tried to kill myself?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “And you told me I was pretty. You said you were a good dancer and asked if I had a boyfriend.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, so say, like, you write these stories. How are you going to get them to David—your boyfriend, right? He’s on the outside?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There’s a lot of holes in the walls from a violent boyfriend she had staying with her—he used to beat her pretty bad. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman had had a child, and her boyfriend did not want to marry her; she was seeking to institute an action against him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you with your great boyfriend and great place to live. So, what are you here for then? Because I don’t need you to tell me you’re better than me to know you think it.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z We stay awake talking for a long time, and she tells me about her boyfriend and makes jokes and giggles a lot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Potential boyfriends could not smoke Merit cigarettes, own or wear a pair of cowboy boots, or eat anything labeled either lite or heart smart. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth was pretty sure her boyfriend had just made a big mistake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The way he said that, get a boyfriend, reminded me of Heather saying it wasn't fair, why did she have to put on a happy face and pretend like she wasn't in pain. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But is Hudson the boy or the boyfriend? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z All five women on Alabama's death row were condemned for the unexplained deaths of their young children or the deaths of abusive spouses or boyfriends—all of them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I even persuaded my sister to come to the show with her boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I still can’t believe I’m here. I’m in my boyfriend’s living room. I have a boyfriend. You are that boyfriend. This is your living room.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Darius inhales and says, “So you read that boyfriend of yours and decided to ignore the writing on the wall.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I sit beside him and I think about sex because that’s what happens when your beautiful boyfriend is in bed with you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Just like Juliet, I found a way to see my boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Arthur. Go put your boyfriend out of his misery.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I could almost see the photo shoot and the actress or model going to eat a “light lunch” with her boyfriend afterward. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z My boyfriend, Ruben Florin, is Peruvian and his family, like mine, is divided over politics. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “When you were in fourth grade, I may have been your boyfriend for about two weeks at a summer program for gifted children.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z He was always looking at me and telling the other kids he was my boyfriend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s not really in a boyfriend/girlfriend kind of way, but it’s definitely more intimate than anything we’ve done together. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I can go back to her fighting with her boyfriend before the show started. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It could be that I am the only person who knows that the boyfriend exists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never had a boyfriend, I said to him, no, I had not. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Also, it helped Lydia promote Dearly’s music on her blog—so that she didn’t look like she was plugging her own boyfriend. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you ever go with a boyfriend or something?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z ‘How could a daughter of Aphrodite not approve? You’re a great boyfriend.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Quieter, though. And cuter, but I didn’t even just say that, because I love my boyfriend.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I caught the highlights of Hugh's broadcast and understood that my first goal was to make him my boyfriend, to trick or blackmail him into making some sort of commitment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z They'd sit up late talking in hushed voices about their ex-husbands and speculating about new boyfriends, while the kids played Trouble and Sorry! in the next room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “What if my boyfriend asked for a picture of me in my bathing suit?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend seems to think I’m being unpleasant to you — he’s debating whether or not to come break up our fight.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I saw them together a great deal, and at first I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, until one day I saw them up close and realized they had to be siblings. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You had to keep your boyfriend on his toes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you have a boyfriend or anything?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I look back to where the boyfriend stands, expecting her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It’s one thing to be love-worthy when you are interacting with your boyfriend; it’s quite another when you act the same way with a girl you don’t know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “But you don’t want to talk about this boyfriend?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z None of those scenarios involve a boyfriend or a husband. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I start toward—well, I don’t know where I’m going, but it’s away from Nita, the pretty girl who talks to my boyfriend when I’m not there. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And I thought for just a minute there that I had a boyfriend, I would start high school with a boyfriend, older and stronger and ready to watch out for me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z How do I tell them I risked their lives to kiss my boyfriend? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Callie’s boyfriend is overattentive and rubs his hand up and down her thigh in a weird way that makes me shiver while she and El whisper back and forth, sharing secrets, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Piper had tried to do her best, but with her own boyfriend, she was clueless. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She has run off with her boyfriend, who from here on in, I will refer to as B. 2. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just figure out if you want to spend any time with your boyfriend or not.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z When I got home, my sister was watching a movie with her new boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We stay out until late, and I am a good boyfriend the whole time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The guys in the car make some more jokes about us being boyfriend and girlfriend before speeding off. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Like, am I the biggest jerk? He’s an incredible guy. He’s been an incredible boyfriend. I mean, he’s Nick. I just can’t...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "But you were boyfriend and girlfriend? Did you hold hands?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “That my boyfriend is acting like a mom?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The truth was plenty good enough: I had what it took to be her boyfriend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam did say that sex things were tricky with Mary Elizabeth since she’s had boyfriends before and is a lot more experienced than I am. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “I said, don’t go out with him. Let’s forget about getting dates for the dance. Forget about boyfriends.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Mom had not sounded like she was talking to a boyfriend. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I already have a boyfriend in mind, remember?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z When I got home after school, I decided to see if Auntie Buzz had any advice on how to get Tina to realize how incredibly perfect I would be as a boyfriend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t want to waste going to your first dance with a friend. Wait till you have a real boyfriend.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Together with her boyfriend, she burglarizes two homes, stealing televisions they hope to sell. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And then my grandmother was talking—about her recent trip to Korea and her archnemesis neighbor and her forty-two-year-old boyfriend who she insists we call Uncle Gene. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “And you have a boyfriend. Which, speaking of—have you talked to Bram yet?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She had had a plan, from girlhood on, and had followed it scrupulously: high school, college, boyfriend, marriage, job, mortgage, children. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was the kind of mature and outwardly confident, perfect girl who really could have a forty-year-old airline-pilot boyfriend, and you wouldn’t think twice about their relationship. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. If you weren’t fooling around with your boyfriend, you’d know that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Chess thought about what Natalie had assumed about his mom—that she had a bad boyfriend, and that that was why she’d had to go away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You can be either cruel instructor or concerned boyfriend.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend’s going to have worse than that done to him if he’s on my list,” said the horribly familiar, rasping voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After another twenty minutes of Sherry and her boyfriend making out, Charlie nudged me and looked at the door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was just mom, her new daughter, her boyfriend, and me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Because you have friends—and a boyfriend—with this genetic issue.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “That’s what I’m talking about, Tandy, that’s the exact thing. They don’t know if it was one of us. Maybe you gave a key to a boyfriend—” “You know I don’t have a boyfriend.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “We took her and her eco-warrior boyfriend and tied them up over a piranha tank and slowly lowered them in.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Why not? I think I should be allowed to meet your boyfriend.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe I had asked her that, but the way she allowed her boyfriend to treat her reminded me of how I allowed my boyfriend to treat me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z —Why is it the first thing a girl thinks about if her boyfriend is late is that he been in an accident? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess he’s Simon now, not the boyfriend. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Here is mine: That evening, I stood on the roof of an apartment building with your mother, your aunt Chana, and her boyfriend, Jamal. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Now, is fate responsible for making you Alma’s boyfriend? That I don’t know.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t a movie about a girl who breaks up with her undermining boyfriend, she thought. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I never seen nobody with as many boyfriends as you got, Miss Marie. How come they all love you?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around to find Ann’s boyfriend, a tall middle-aged man with a small, neatly trimmed mustache, standing before him, nervously fingering his tie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They never seem to have boyfriends, but they always marry. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Three years from now,” he says, “when you break up with your first college boyfriend, you’ll call me and I’ll stay up all night talking you through it.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I really didn’t want to find out too much about Joey’s boyfriend, because it made me feel really awkward. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “We better not find out you have a boyfriend.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly when she calls it’s late at night, and she wants to talk about her boyfriend problems. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z My boyfriend’s family is coming over for dinner. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The subject has had no serious boyfriends, but this may be due to her attending an all-girls school or from a feeling of shame about her body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Angrily, she says, “I’m thirteen. I have a boyfriend.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Given the choice between seeing an evil socialist doctor, and admitting to my boyfriend that I believed doctors were evil socialists, I chose to see the doctor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It’s just that I also kind of feel like he’s my boyfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I guess I wasn’t as in love as I thought I was, because I’d never do something that crazy for my boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe the way Sophia and Precious took care of us when my momma died, because most teenagers would just worry about their boyfriends. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She never came back to the dance, and her boyfriend eventually left. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “God, Lauren, how many times have I told you: He’s not my boyfriend,” I said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The only thing is—I still haven’t gotten the chance to make Tina see that I could be the world’s greatest boyfriend. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “You are one-third friend, one-third brother, one-third bee partner, and one-third boyfriend,” I told him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to see my teacher hanging out with her boyfriend, you know? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z They move to Florida, where a cousin of Lourdes’s boyfriend gets everyone painting jobs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Better known as the cheating high school boyfriend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The cast mate who became her longtime high school boyfriend was not Bobby Ryan, but Wayne Miletto, who in Good Boys plays the part of the football coach. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And she started to get mad at me because she needed time to come back to the store to buy that present for her secret boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Sugar’s got a boyfriend and she doesn’t want her mama to know. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z One was about teenagers whose mothers flirt with their boyfriends. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He closed his arms around his head and rushed past his mother’s boyfriend with a quick “hey,” beelining it to his room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I have had other boyfriends, but I only saw them at school, or after school. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He’s not the kind of guy I can bring home to Dad and call my boyfriend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I access his memories and discover that he and Austin first became boyfriends at this very celebration, a year ago this weekend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I’m still mad at him for making up the boyfriends thing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “No one really had dates. I mean, you know, there were people who called each other boyfriend and girlfriend, but that was it.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Mum, this is Alex,” Henry says, and adds, as if it’s not obvious, “my boyfriend.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Later he would regret his cruelty; it wasn’t even true that she had two boyfriends, he knew that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I get so mad when my imaginary boyfriend does that,” Miss Ohio snarked. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Shedding our childish ways! All for the great life as teenagers we’re about to have. When we get boyfriends, we’re going to go to Fall Ball!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z That she didn’t have time for a boyfriend. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A boyfriend’s acceptance of me would guide me into that strange and exotic land of frills and femininity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The person who looked most like Salim was the boyfriend of the girl in the pink jacket. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Some boy might come along and want to be her boyfriend. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So many questions swirled in my head: Is Dillon really my boyfriend now? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Tell your cousin to stay away from my boyfriend!” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Emilika pours water that is already hot into a teapot and sits me at her kitchen table, talking nonstop about her boyfriend—not the old one, a new one, more handsome! The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You better not have been at your li’l boyfriend’s house,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He got interested in Britney Harron—“me and Brit were talking,” as he puts it—but didn’t move quickly enough, and she ended up with a long-term boyfriend. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “No, he is not my boyfriend,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “My boyfriend and I broke up before I moved,” Kristi says. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance at Darius without even looking at this girl Carrie, and I immediately know that this little exchange is code for “Don’t take my boyfriend.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She thought that driving me to and picking me up from school would prevent me from contacting my boyfriend and that I’d forget about him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Did she stand me up because of some drama with her boyfriend? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Like when my sister’s first boyfriend started going around with another girl and my sister cried for the whole weekend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Now, despite the dangerous quest they were facing, at least she had her boyfriend back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She takes over the body and fools the boyfriend, she even gets him to kiss her, but although her face is now perfect, her reflection in that one mirror still shows her real, ruined face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t have given me that ticket, because now I wanted him to see that I really was her boyfriend and that he should be jealous of me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So far my mentor has stood me up because of some drama with her boyfriend and shown up in the middle of the night with gifts like that’s supposed to make it all better. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They left the table one at a time, Mami taking threatening steps toward them each time they stopped to look back with mischievous expressions and a mouthed “Negi has a boyfriend.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I got challenged when my mamas boyfriend hit my head with a brick. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I need you to be my boyfriend now. I’m scared. I’m really scared. Please be my boyfriend again. I can’t go through this alone. Please. Please.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a lot going on you don’t know about—even if you are her puny boyfriend.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mom was the sort of girl who had had boyfriends in high school and often remarked that she wished she hadn’t wasted her time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I anonymously posted the plot not just on Diana’s page but also her boyfriend’s and then Chrissie’s and her co-conspirators’ too. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The boyfriend popped up in Barcelona and then was gone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I heard him say that if she ever married her boyfriend, he would never give her his blessing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Miss Amin, I’m certain you can assure your boyfriend’s viewers that these allegations are false.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Will you please be my boyfriend again?” she says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why did you tell Mom I have two boyfriends?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She had a new boyfriend named Jake who drove a motorcycle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Do you have any cosmetics? It might make Emilia look a little older, like the Latvian in the papers. I can tell them she’s on her way to meet her boyfriend.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z "Dude, YOU'RE telling ME to keep it in perspective? Jesus Christ, Tiny. I just wanted to know she had a boyfriend." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z But she had boyfriends who came to visit her in the night. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And how he wants to be my boyfriend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Judy’s boyfriend stopped by to help, though she told Mother and Daddy he was her friend, not her boyfriend. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend left this for you on the porch.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They pay attention to videos of cats playing pianos, or to which movie star is in rehab, or to who stole who else’s boyfriend. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My boyfriend, David, came along for the ride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I mean,” he says fast, “I would never be her boyfriend.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I figured she’d just laugh and tell me I was stupid for trusting her no-good boyfriend, but I was wrong. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Whether it was staying with the boyfriend of the month, or in a foreclosed home, or luxuriating in a mothballed beach house, I’ve done fine. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I wait for Ellen in front of her boyfriend’s Jeep as the sun pushes my feet further into the hot blacktop of the school parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My mother’s latest boyfriend distracted Luke while she gave me a bracelet, a package of crayons, and a coloring book. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Because I wanted to be with my boyfriend before his parents get home. I was thinking we could try again. You know.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Until December, he was my boyfriend, but now we’re taking a break. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And there are the kind of girls who have boyfriends in high school, and the kind of girls who don’t. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In an hour, every person in America will be able to look at a screen and see their First Son and his boyfriend. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I pray for sleep to come soon, for Manman on the other side, and for Donna, who is racing out into the night with her boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Not only was he a kind and considerate boyfriend to Hazel, but whenever Piper saw him wearing Jason’s old praetor’s badge she felt grateful to him for stepping up and accepting that job. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My sister’s boyfriend showed up in his Buick, and he was wearing a white “tails” coat over a black suit, which looked wrong for some reason. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why her boyfriend thought Calista would want to be friends with an empty tin can, but anyway, he was probably right. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Lots of kids at Welch High wanted customized posters to hang on their bedroom walls—of their boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s name, of their car or their astrological sign or their favorite band. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He'd put me in a headlock or yell for help, and when a crowd gathered, I'd say, "What's the problem? Is it against the law to borrow money from my boyfriend?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Her boyfriend is handsome, with broad shoulders, graying temples, and a mustache. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z All fall she’s been worrying about where to apply to college based on where her boyfriend—Derrick—is applying. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Nancy’s boyfriend is somewhere getting drunk right now too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “A lot of my friends have boyfriends that they have known since high school, and they are engaged or already married, and I’m still single and I’m like—ahhhh.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Then Nattie says, “I have some good news, too! I have a boyfriend. His name is Michael. We’re going to do what you did.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You skinny little weakling! Your mama had lots of boyfriends. You ain’t none of mine!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but I told you. I have a boyfriend. Now, you rest quietly and let me finish with this bandage.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z No parties, no boyfriends, no nothing,” she said at last after the dishes were put away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She has a new boyfriend, the tall, dark-haired, mustachioed Hugo Hübener. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Not a boyfriend, not anything even close to that. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “We all have this yardstick inside ourselves, but it just isn’t sought enough. Maybe because it is the most difficult yardstick,” she explained in a letter to her boyfriend, Fritz Hartnagel. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I bet her skinhead Nazi boyfriend is thrilled about that. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t poach your girlfriend’s boyfriend! Never ever ever!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z A boyfriend would clarify my position to the world and, even more important, to myself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay, sorry. It’s just...how was it that she was twenty-two and didn’t have a boyfriend for so many years? That seems weird.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “He’s not my boyfriend,” Violet says, and Ryan looks so hurt that I almost feel bad for him, except that it’s impossible to feel bad for a guy like him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I paused, took a sip of my coffee, letting the word boyfriend rest out in the air. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Desperate for a break, the private detectives decided to install a listening device to eavesdrop on Rose and her boyfriend. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And since she and her boyfriend never saw the show before, they were technically “virgins,” which meant they would have to do all these embarrassing things before the show started to get “initiated.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to hear Edna teasing me about him being my boyfriend anymore. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Aunty Onenu said your boyfriend is a black American and he is coming soon?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I stuff Callie’s food in a bag and hand it to her as her boyfriend walks out of the bathroom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Not long after the incident with the SS boyfriend, Ilse manages to ask me how old I am. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I stay next to her as we walk to the car, neither of us saying anything, while the setter-upper and the boyfriend stealer walk behind us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Miss Amin, I’m certain you can assure your boyfriend’s viewers that these allegations are false.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The girl in the fluffy jacket followed, arm in arm with her boyfriend. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She was brought home by a young man who I assumed was her boyfriend, a flashy, well-to-do fellow who had a car, something that was most unusual. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in it thick, up to my neck, and I’m still looking for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed my hair and pulled me toward the car while he yelled at my boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At least half of the girls working in the factory cannot read or write, so Jutta reads them the letters that come from boyfriends or brothers or fathers at the front. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m not wasting the entire year without a boyfriend,” Audrey said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I didn’t need a boyfriend to be happy. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I am tempted to tell them it was Judy’s boyfriend, Douglas, but realize it will only be worse to drag other people in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “That’s why you have me for your boyfriend,” I said, and I buttoned her up in a jiffy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m so glad we’re together now. I always wanted a boyfriend.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand is too sweaty, too hot, and I don’t want Jasmine to hold it here, in front of everyone—but we’re boyfriend and girlfriend now, and that’s what boyfriends and girlfriends do. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I’m eighteen years old and I’ve never had a real boyfriend. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Just the other night, she practically begged me to be her boyfriend again, and now she says she can’t see me? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The spat was with an older cousin, who thought Maria Isabel was showing interest in her boyfriend. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “My boyfriend back home loves dogs. I just don’t.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For a short time in fourth grade Will and Claire had actually been boyfriend and girlfriend. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z She was the first girl in the grade to actually have a “boyfriend.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z My mama and her boyfriend was fighting, and I turnt the TV up so I could hear my show. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hit my sister again and you will be hit yourself, and I don’t care who your boyfriend is. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Tiny got close with Gary and Jane and Gary's boyfriend, Nick, when he joined the GSA during my tenure as a member of the Group of Friends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Orpheus Fisher, the boyfriend from her high school days, still hoped that they could have a future together. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z My sister’s boyfriends have been beating on her for years. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, but I want to know famous actors before they’re famous. Oh, and Namrata’s boyfriend is going to talk to me about Columbia.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But he kept trying to be my boyfriend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Next to Aaron’s Jeep, cross-legged on the driveway, sat his boyfriend, Rocco. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z And I have a full-time job, a twenty-three-year-old boyfriend, and a secret binge drinking problem. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Her boyfriend had sacrificed himself for that mission. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She said “friend" in English; the tame word parents used because they could not desecrate their tongues with “boyfriend," even though it was exactly what they meant: somebody romantic, a marriage prospect. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Now turn your head and look back at the camera. Okay, smile. Like I’m your boyfriend.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was obviously part of the price he had to pay if he wanted to be her boyfriend again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But slowly, things returned to status quo: Lindsey had a boyfriend, and Colin had a broken heart and a Theorem to finish. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She returned to the shops, where she bought a pair of boyfriend jeans, three cotton tank tops, a long flowing cardigan, espadrilles, and a white sundress. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I think about whether or not I’d want him as a boyfriend the whole ride home. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Since they’re for homecoming, they’re made in school colors and the ribbons usually have glitter letters that spell out different things, like you and your boyfriend’s names or your school mascot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I asked her if she had a boyfriend.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Coming from your boyfriend, I've been thinking was kind of a scary line. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And seeing how “It” wasn’t even close to something I’d ever even consider discussing with another human being, I stuck with the dead boyfriend instead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I never had a checklist of what I would want in a boyfriend. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z That time, he again proposed marriage, even though she was happily ensconced with her boyfriend and had a child. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You said you wanted a boyfriend,” Julia says, and then she busts up laughing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z After all, he’d seen me jettison my high school boyfriend David at the gates of Princeton. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I can tell when she lies, and she’s genuinely clueless about the rally cry at dinner last night about how badly I need a boyfriend. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Back home?” the boyfriend asks me when I return to the cab. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not the post office guy. But I think maybe it’s the boyfriend?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “The wand in that box you were returning to your boyfriend.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When Zach became my boyfriend, I hoped I could make him as sensitive as Capricorn Anderson. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Lourdes’s boyfriend, who likes to get drunk, goes to a bar to celebrate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “We’re literally standing five feet away from your boyfriend, and I'm asking you to prom.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The only other passengers were two college students, boyfriend and girlfriend, wearing matching sweatshirts, their fingers linked, slouched in the back seat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The endless interviews with steel-eyed judges asking if she’d ever sent naked pictures of herself to a boyfriend or anything else that could cast a shadow of scandal over the pageant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Probably same thing as Roof. Except I wouldn’t invite my ex-girlfriend whose boyfriend I just jumped to my funeral.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She described her life in New Orleans—everything except her boyfriend Sammy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “The family she was staying with gave her to the Russians to save their daughter. The boyfriend was a story she made up to continue on. She won’t really look at the baby yet.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My boyfriend has taken excellent care of the car since it became his. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sheriff Freas, his flesh unfolding from his voluminous neck and chest, urged the private detectives to discount Rose and her boyfriend as suspects. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They had boyfriends who played guitar and sang in bands with names like Liquid Courage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The kid on the warship looked exactly like Hazel’s old boyfriend. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Later, after she had found a place in his program, Volpe discovered that her boyfriend had been physically abusive to her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I guess that whole “boyfriend” label did kind of make it sound like salmon spawning, as Seanie might have noticed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I dumped him, for your information. And at least my boyfriend didn't go munching up Wendy Lench the day after splitting up with me!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mei-li turned down her music some, said: “I guess the first thing you’re wondering is why I’m still with my boyfriend, right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z One of the boyfriend’s cousins left behind a wife and son, two months old. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z One Saturday night her drunken boyfriend, a guy named Rex Reese, had plunged his parents’ car into the lake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not that Adam is my boyfriend or anything. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, my dad, my mom, her boyfriend, Ben, and I went out for dinner at my favorite Mexican place, a hole-in-the-wall where they give free refills of chips. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Somehow, Lourdes and her boyfriend will come up with the money for a smuggler. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She headed toward my boyfriend and started screaming and lecturing him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Sure,” she says, letting go of her boyfriend. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z When Robin got up to take a call from her latest boyfriend, Mrs. Mansfield introduced me to a girl who'd also be going to my school. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “I think you are more pet than boyfriend,” she cracked, “which is good. At my age a pet is all I need.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t have a boyfriend. I’m just. .. happy.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He played well, which made the boyfriend happy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, my parents found me alive next to my boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She wanted to experience just being a regular girl for once, with an actual sweet, caring boyfriend. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Except Mrs. Seuss will be leaving at the end of the summer and taking my boyfriend back to Georgia with her. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I suppressed my internal cringing at the thought of Edward and Charlie and the word boyfriend all in the same room at the same time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He felt so horrible for her, cheery and smiling and holding beer she'd brought for her boyfriend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Like that girl that ran away with her boyfriend, or that other guy who used to be all into drugs and ended up back with his family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I freaked out when my boyfriend touched me, but—“Nope. Nothing.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I suppose you’re going to tell me that your boyfriend will avenge you?” he asked, hopefully it seemed to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Then it would be better if your younger boyfriend wasn’t grounded so he could take you on a date to the drive-in and buy you presents.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry you couldn’t get through to your boyfriend yesterday.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, he’s my boyfriend,” I say, and wish that I knew a cooler word than boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She was fifteen, pregnant with her boyfriend’s baby, pregnant with a vision of freedom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The championship bout is five days away when the public discovers I have a boyfriend, who maybe doesn't look like Hugh but definitely cooks like him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Whether she sent the boyfriend away or whether he quit her, I can’t say. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Hers is big and glittery with pictures of the things she wants in her life, like dreamy movie stars for boyfriends, or dollar signs, or colleges she’s trying to get into. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z "Well, the cat has a boyfriend," I say. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Enrique likes the people in the trailer, especially his mother’s boyfriend; he could be a better father than his own dad, who abandoned him ten years ago to start another family. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then I started to wonder how come someone so smart like Calista would have a boyfriend who was a real idiot. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Getting bullied by your boyfriend means you slap your daughter when she tries to stand up for you. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Well, I only had only one real boyfriend before Nick, and he dumped me.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “What? God, no. He’s this idiot in my Adolescent Issues class who spends the whole time putting things in his nose. I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t need a man to be complete.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Sucks for you that your boyfriend sold you out to save himself.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She did not want to bring her personal drama to rehearsals and to be around her former boyfriend every afternoon and feel that everyone was always looking at her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Girls cried because so-and-so wouldn’t sit by them at lunch, or because their best friend had a new boyfriend who monopolized her time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She always had a boyfriend—usually a soccer player with really defined abs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Still, no one is homeless, or cops to it anyway, thanks usually to a working husband or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I do know that her boyfriend said it wasn’t his baby, but my sister knew that it was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t her boyfriend or anything like that. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z My aunt was on the same bus that my boyfriend and I were riding. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, I don't know about the boyfriend. She had a brother. He was a first-rate nutcase, actually. He was into spelling bees. Went to Nationals, I think.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I wanted her to stop exploding when she was teased, not get a boyfriend! The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You make it sound like he’s your boyfriend and he kissed someone else.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z If she had to guess, she’d say the big Asian guy was the girl’s boyfriend, though she suspected they hadn’t been together long. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They want a picture of a perfect, dignified, British intellectual, a loved-up boyfriend with a bright future as an academic and philanthropist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And referring to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to get involved, but Mr. Spizz turned to me and said, “If you are her new boyfriend you should know that she is very immature. She always has been.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Similarly, Marianne’s boyfriend lost his job as a roofer because he missed so much time after getting a cut on his foot for which he couldn’t afford the prescribed antibiotic. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought embarrassment was having my boyfriend hear my parents argue. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z On a side note—my boyfriend clearly has a type. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “That boyfriend of mine? Warren? I don’t judge a book by its cover.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Shawn joked that I had a boyfriend, and it was a real joke—he wanted me to laugh. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And she said that she wanted it to be our little secret since she decided to tell her old boyfriend that the pregnancy was a false alarm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Wherever it is that gutless, lazy, lowlife boyfriends go,” she said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “He’s very strong. I’m sure he’s told you he never has known his father. His mom got another boyfriend and had another child. He handled it. He handles everything.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She wiggles out of her boyfriend’s arms and drops to her knees. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Of my fellow servers, everyone who lacks a working husband or boyfriend seems to have a second job: Nita does something at a computer eight hours a day; another welds. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My boyfriend OD’d in Miami,” she said, pushing her hair away from her face. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Thank you. But I think wartime is a little too unsure for husbands. Or boyfriends. I’m going to wait until everything is settled.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Besides, if Mother knew I had a boyfriend, she’d make Daddy bring me home.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Sarah’s boyfriend is a senior, and all of the members knew the kind of things the “senior men” did with freshman girls. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And not in the way that the world opened up to Primadonna when she threatened to run away with her new boyfriend if I didn’t let her go on dates with him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I don’t know why it surprised me that she’d have a boyfriend. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I wish that there was some kind of alternate plane we could exist on where he could be my boyfriend.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Once or twice a year she will be there, the boyfriend- surrounded queen who passed me by. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me be your boyfriend, just for tonight,” pleaded the soldier. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t she ever told me before that she had a boyfriend? Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I had never gone very far with my boyfriend, and my parents had never talked to me about sex. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “I had a boyfriend who joined the Masks,” said the woman with filed teeth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew, even then, Marcus was never going to be my boyfriend or write me sappy love letters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was the first boyfriend in whom I confided about my family—really confided, the truth and not just amusing anecdotes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “I only attack my boyfriend like that,” she promised. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “How could you possibly have a boyfriend we don’t know about?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z My last boyfriend said I preferred my studies to him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “All,” the old man said, looking at Bodega more closely, “now I know who you are, you are that old boyfriend.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z We all eat and drink and play some cards until a knock at the door brings the boyfriend in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “All three of us with our first boyfriends. Together!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I was walking toward the Hub, and there was a crowd watching him run from guard to guard, frantic, asking questions about his boyfriend—where he was, when he’d return. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z "I wish I hadn't kissed her. The whole boyfriend thing kind of like gnaws at my brain." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Whenever my aunt and cousins would call Haiti, I’d imagine my life as an American—living in a house full of family, going to school, having a car and a boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For Mama, me having a cute and rich boyfriend who comes from a good family is right up there with getting a scholarship to college. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I want to tell him about Isabella’s mom not allowing her to have a boyfriend or something, but my mouth won’t let me say it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But even if I tried, they’d sniff it off me, because it’s so tight in our bedroom that there isn’t enough space for hidden crushes, unspoken names of boyfriends, and secret dates. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Ma’s new boyfriend don’t like having me around so I come up here till they fall asleep. How about you? Thought you were out doing fancy kid stuff.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I have a boyfriend, as is the fashion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not my boyfriend or anything like that,” she added. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Their theater friends can sing and dance and all have boyfriends. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z My mother didn’t like the idea of boyfriends slipping in and out at all hours. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z One evening Lourdes and her boyfriend are watching a soap opera on the living room television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Not when she thinks there's an angry boyfriend that Mom ran away from, Chess thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Oho? And the boyfriend of Dawn Madden, he is a poet or a barbarian?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z His mother had a hot temper, and boyfriends and husbands came and went as they moved from one small California town to another. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “La Llorona drowned her children because she was angry at her boyfriend. And then she was sorry and drowned herself,” Matt said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He cringed reading her references to her boyfriends—The Hot White Ex, Professor Hunk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m only trying to get to know your boyfriend, sweetheart.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Don’t gasp. Okay? It’s fine. It’s fine if I never have a boyfriend at all. It’s fine if not one person ever loves me, all right? It’s perfectly tolerable.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “My boyfriend. I guess he’s still my boyfriend.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, well, I guess he’s going to be your boyfriend tomorrow, then,” Julia says, and giggles. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z On her high school graduation night, not long before the accident on Valley View Drive, her boyfriend got down on one knee at a campsite and proposed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She takes $500 she has saved, borrows $1,200 from her boyfriend, and wires it to Dallas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She said, “I did have a boyfriend there.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Not just because of the argument, either; it’s just the way things are: when something bad happens to a woman, the police look at the husband or the boyfriend first. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, I do. After you get rid of them” — he threw a dark glance in the Blacks’ direction — “you still have to prepare Charlie to meet your new boyfriend.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Karolina was sitting on her unmade bed, texting her boyfriend, and crying. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He learned to fix things by watching his mother's boyfriend. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My first view of my sister's boyfriend, then, was via aerial surveillance. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Oh, and my hot sixth-grade boyfriend left me for a girl who could effortlessly pull off an oversize Dallas Cowboys parka. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Or if you turn into one of those girlfriends, always ponying around after her boyfriend, and speaking in the first-person plural. ‘We love the winter. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, she was the one with "non-stop boyfriends," her sisters joked, not without wonder and a little envy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I would utilize foresight, bravery, skill, careful timing, reconnaissance missions and the support of staunch allies to show her that I was the best possible boyfriend for her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Leanne explained that my mother had a steady job and a new boyfriend. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I think about how my old boyfriend Max used to tell me I’d make a good bass player, and things start getting clearer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Running away seemed like an easy way for us to rebel against my parents’ disapproval of my boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “What about you? Do you have a boyfriend?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “The shots that were fired in the parking lot. That was Crystal’s new boyfriend trying to scare Fuchsia.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Then she got this smirky look and said, “You want a boyfriend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Just like I found out about your boyfriends.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Not much longer. I’m actually driving up, so I’m leaving tomorrow and picking up my boyfriend in New Jersey.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In no time, both the twins will try to find him on social media and stalk him—even if I’ve made up a name and he’s an imaginary boyfriend. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I decided not to tell my sister this, and she and her boyfriend had to go on stage and try to dance the Time Warp. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z "I was there to use my fake ID, and he was there to meet his fake boyfriend." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “Where were you? Back in New York with your boyfriend?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But maybe I want to be friends with a boy without everyone assuming he’s my boyfriend. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I may do stupid things, I may risk getting busted after curfew to see my boyfriend, but I’m not dumb enough to send a regular text. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z By telepathy I told Dawn Madden, Your spazzo boyfriend hasn't got nerve to do that. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Park wasn't a boyfriend, he was a champion. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Mary had no idea what was wrong, but she sensed a disturbing coolness in her boyfriend. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There had never been three boyfriends at Stanford. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I also think he's not her boyfriend but someone paying her for what she does in the bedroom, but I don't ask questions. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “But isn’t that the point of labels like boyfriend and girlfriend? To make things easier for other people?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Somehow, I didn’t think it was overly strange for Julia Bishop to have a boyfriend who was probably in his forties, even if it was really creepy. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If Audrey’s plan worked out this year, I wanted a romantic boyfriend and a perfect first kiss. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I didn't have a green card or a boyfriend yet. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My aunt continued to be her sweet self with me only until her boyfriend got out of jail. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “He had a girlfriend, which means he’s probably not looking for a boyfriend. Honestly, neither am I.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I already know who I want to be my boyfriend.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Her boyfriend might,” Sherman said as a huge football player stalked up and took her hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Plenty of time for boyfriends, then. Why don’t you start from the beginning?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Like she is caught in her own replay of how our ex—best friend kissed her boyfriend. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Normally I don’t mind Julia’s jokes, but Bernard being my boyfriend? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend does! Don’t you want us to see him in it?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z In the past, Mrs. Bradley had notes dropped in her bag suggesting group discussions on abortion, family violence, cheating—on boyfriends, girlfriends, on tests. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We should really go get some coffee and make a scandal—the Greek therapist and her high school boyfriend. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Your boyfriend mother want him to marry you?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z People talk about visiting grandparents in the hospital or sending birthday cards to a niece’s husband; single mothers live with their own mothers or share apartments with a coworker or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “An old boyfriend. Maybe he split when your mom got pregnant. Or maybe he got killed in an accident before you were born.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “There’s not really much to tell. I’ve technically never had a boyfriend. I thought Connor was going to be, but obviously that didn’t work out.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He was a boy, but I thought of him as a girl sometimes, as a brother, sometimes as a boyfriend. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at her boyfriend's tiny apartment, where I bravely pretended to inhale a little pot, and then we continued on our way. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Maya’s boyfriend, Ryan, is the only one even close, and he’s just doing the dab. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Strict parents, bad grades, or stupid boyfriends—my friends' complaints seemed so unimportant and meaningless compared to what Martin was experiencing. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I skip Grade Seven and go straight into Grade Eight, missing the Kings of England in chronological order, missing the circulatory system, leaving my boyfriend behind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And I live with Mom and her boyfriend, John Mark, the next week. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Julia said that Isabella will probably get a boyfriend before either of us do.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z If he was my boyfriend, I’d tell him to be nice to people. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She had a boyfriend—a pretty serious one—going into freshman year. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” Jenna said, standing up, “there’s nothing to tell. It’s not like we’re boyfriend and girlfriend or anything. I don’t even know if he likes me that way.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z My lab partner is kinda nice, but like a friend- friend, not a boyfriend or anything. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never had a boyfriend or anything close. I didn’t go out much.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The only highlight was Juniper the tree nymph, who screamed, “Grover!” and gave her boyfriend a flying tackle hug, making everybody cheer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Well — this is so stupid, I’m sorry, Bella — he wants you to break up with your boyfriend. He asked me to tell you ‘please.’” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When his mom and the boyfriend split, Ocean was twelve. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Faith, conflicted by the death of her boyfriend, has confused Luke for someone special. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m waiting for my boyfriend to pick me up. Actually, I think that’s him.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After many, many days, she finally said yes, she would allow me to visit her and we could be boyfriend and girlfriend. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z After living in such chaos for so long, I began to believe my mom’s boyfriend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “And how about you? Two boyfriends now, one wasn’t enough, huh?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He shakes his head no, very slightly, at Stuart and I see, heading out the door, it’s Hilly’s old boyfriend, Johnny Foote, with his new wife, Celia. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He paused for a moment, staring at the ground, then added, “Your boyfriend plays in the second set. Coach Dub wanted to put his best two players first.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My mom’s boyfriend exchanged all her jewelry with his dealer so he could buy his drugs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Wilhite says Reggie is good with an audience because he seems like an ordinary guy, the person who could be your friend or son, your boyfriend. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And, anyways,” I continued, “it’s kind of at an early stage, you know. Don’t embarrass me with all the boyfriend talk, okay?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He said he started playing basketball after his parents split up, because his mom’s new boyfriend was a youth basketball coach. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Think about the absurdity of brushing your teeth, of arguing with your mother over the appropriateness of what you’re wearing to school, of homework, of grade-point averages and boyfriends and hot school lunches. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My brown eyed, grammar nerd, soccer star boyfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But her goal of getting a boyfriend and wanting to go to the dance was definitely new. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I sound exactly like a boy who’s been making out with his boyfriend in an empty apartment. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “You and your boyfriend there need a room?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Imogen didn’t turn around, but her boyfriend poked her in the shoulder. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Will you be my boyfriend again once basketball season is over?” she asks. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know something about your boyfriend that you ought to know.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Jesse Franklin frequently saw me naked and claimed to enjoy it, but he was my boyfriend, so it doesn’t count. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Basketball will be her boyfriend for the winter, just like it’ll be my girlfriend. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayumi makes the mistake of referring to us as boyfriend and girlfriend three times. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Since I thought I was so in love and would do anything to be with my boyfriend without sneaking behind my parents’ back, we both agreed to wait. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Her parents would not let her date yet, so she would ask me to go to the movies with her and sit a few rows in front of her and her boyfriend, Seth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I’m not pregnant and I don't have a boyfriend! Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z You’re here for one reason—and it isn’t to get a new boyfriend. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I see her smiling as she talks and eats with the boyfriend. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When we finally got our own house, her boyfriend took the bedroom, and my mom, my sister, and I slept in the living room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “He’s not my boyfriend,” I said, but he was the closest person to a boyfriend I’d ever had. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Then Renee walked in to visit her boyfriend, Biff the Guitar Wonder. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Having a “boyfriend” seemed like such a far-off thing back then. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Maya’s boyfriend, Ryan, happens to be the only other black kid in eleventh grade, and everybody expects us to be together. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Even David, my old high school boyfriend, sometimes dropped in to seek his counsel. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And I wondered what the actress or her boyfriend thought about that, if they did at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It all depends on how pregnant the woman is and whether or not she is with her boyfriend or husband and whether or not he is sitting down. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Almost as important as Vicky Tines's boyfriend is to Vicky Tines, who she announces is in high school every single day in homeroom. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I had told Julia and Isabella that this was the year I was going to have a boyfriend, and when I saw Jace, I decided he was the one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z June’s college boyfriend, who broke up with her when he moved to California but is still the only person whose letters come to her directly. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I tried to find out what was wrong, but all I could pry from her was that her mother’s new boyfriend had moved in with them, and the fit was a little tight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You need to get a boyfriend or something and chill out.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even worse, the smallest little part of me wants to tell her the truth, just so I won’t have to be her boyfriend anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Then the Brianas are talking about life after high school— one is a musician, one is planning to be a copy editor, and the other is practically engaged to her longtime boyfriend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “My boyfriends are all straight. They want a woman? “Obviously not,” said Zora. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And now that she was here, she had twelve weeks to find a rich boyfriend who would buy her lots of jewelry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “How is it my fault that her boyfriend is a jerk?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I figured she’d just laugh and tell me I was stupid for trusting her no-good boyfriend, but I was wrong. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I sit in the front seat, and the boyfriend initiates conversation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “This is the kind of thing I’d have to put up with if he was my boyfriend,” I said. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “This has been a blast, boys, but I’m going to walk to the store and go stare dreamily into the eyes of my boyfriend. Pick me up at five-thirty, okay?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And that, in a nutshell, is how Grace and her boyfriend broke up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I’m at a club in the Village with my boyfriend, Max. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “As someone who doesn’t have a great boyfriend—at all.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z At last one girl, splayed in the lap of a football player in the big armchair, said, “I think she took off with her boyfriend. Isn’t that right, Kev?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It amused her how often they asked about Blaine now, since it had taken them a while to make peace with the idea of her black American boyfriend. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Friends are better than a boyfriend, girlfriend. So a guy gives you his varsity jacket. How many good-looking guys wear glasses? Understand not seeing distance well?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z And Tiny leans down to my ear and whispers back, "Dunno. I think she had a boyfriend freshman year." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Even now that I had a serious boyfriend, my girlfriends were the ones who held me steady. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z "I bet she looked great in a bathing suit, sitting in the boat while her boyfriend rowed." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “She’s upstairs getting yelled at by her parents. But, like, how long does that lecture last? I mean, what do you say? ‘You shouldn’t screw Margo’s boyfriend in the basement.’ Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z My then boyfriend stayed to make arrangements, and I ran outside to blubber beside the parked and, unfortunately, locked car. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Earlier in the day, she had gotten into a screaming argument in the school corridor with her boyfriend of two years, a varsity basketball player. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Her boyfriend was first on my list of people who couldn’t stand me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It was his mother’s boyfriend checking on him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z "We know you have a boyfriend," she whispered. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I wasn’t even listening to her; I was too caught up in thinking about being Annie’s “boyfriend.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What would she say to Donna about her mean boyfriend? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She told me that her boyfriend, Arlo, wrecked his car and turned out to be a loser. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When she was sixteen, she moved in with a boyfriend who had a house near the village of Holkham in north Norfolk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked surprised, like she wasn’t used to her boyfriend having the answers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z My boyfriend killed himself, and we don’t even talk about it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I do, then whisper to him: She wants to know are you her boyfriend. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z An African American girl was sitting a few seats away with her boyfriend. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z And yes, I’m aware of what can happen when you’re alone in an apartment with your very cute boyfriend. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It couldn’t have been my grandmother, anyway, because she was in California this Christmas with her boyfriend, Uncle Gene. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then three years ago Macy Palmer reinvented the wheel when she asked her boyfriend Simon to the dance by employing the Twelve Days of Christmas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After the prom, my sister and her boyfriend went to the afterprom party the school organized. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I’d have to tell her that her boyfriend or partner or whatever he was had left the brains of two kids splattered all over an alleyway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Celie’s situation reminds me about an abusive relationship I had with my boyfriend that changed my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We couldn’t move in with my grandmother because her boyfriend caused too much trouble. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Connie Peery was home from college, and she snared me for a quick dance while her boyfriend was sneaking a smoke in the parking lot across the river. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I swore to myself that if I ever found the spy who’d cost her boyfriend his life, I would give him to Mrs. O’Leary as a chew toy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “He’s not my boyfriend,” I say reflexively—but I wish I had said nothing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Violet is mean enough and good looking enough to think that even without hips or youth she could punish Joe by getting herself a boyfriend and letting him visit in her own house. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, the fraying relationship between Whitiker and her boyfriend fell apart and, without him to pay the rent, she fell further behind. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He never brought me candy or asked me to the movies or did any of the things a boyfriend was supposed to do. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s none of your business, princess, but let’s say it was. Let’s say you were my mother and you were upset about me hangin’ out with this lame excuse for a boyfriend. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But I’d cry for a while and after I was finished crying I’d look out over the black section of town for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that I think of Sam as a boyfriend, which I’m not allowed to have anyway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The girl ran upstairs giggling hysterically while the boyfriend walked away down the street whistling, “When I Get You Alone, Tonight.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. No money. Just information...on Drayton. Dray. Your cousin’s boyfriend.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z His daughters affectionately referred to him as “the Warden” on account of his strictness—no makeup, no boyfriends, no staying out late. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell my boyfriend to shut up,” Jenny Flick said, stepping out of the shadows, her cleavage hoisted up to bulge out of her scoop-neck tank top. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, when my parents arrived at my boyfriend’s house, my mother was the first to get out of the car. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z My thoughts are still simmering on that detective, Donna’s boyfriend, Dray, and my mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Everyone wanted to know if they were boyfriend and girlfriend, if they were K-I-S-S-I-N-G. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z David was easygoing and also more of an adult than any boyfriend I’d had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She told her boyfriend, “My greatest fear is never to see him again.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He knew we did not speak about boyfriends in this house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z My boyfriend carves my initials into the top of his new school desk and gets the strap for it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Having trouble with the team or with your boyfriend?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Not me. After what happened to you and Mom—uh, you know. No boyfriends for me.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I thought he was my boyfriend. How dumb is that?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z This year Ellie and Brenda both had boyfriends at the consolidated high school and the problem of what to give them and what to expect from them was cause of endless speculation and fights. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Lindsey let loose a chirpy laugh and contorted herself to kiss her boyfriend sweetly on the neck. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z The woman had not been without a boyfriend for more than a few days of her adult life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And then I wonder what will happen to my sister when her boyfriend graduates from law school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I thought she might have been valedictorian, but she got a B when she was going through that tough time with her old boyfriend. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Now, as I was trying to explain, young lady, your boyfriend has not sent any reports since we voted him into exile.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Annette, a twenty-year-old server who is six months pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend, lives with her mother, a postal clerk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The boyfriend’s name is not given, so presumably they haven’t found him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The world seemed divided into girls with boyfriends and girls without them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even with our standing in league, usually the only people who show up at track meets are dedicated parents, plus the occasional boyfriend or girlfriend. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z And now I feel like some 1950s cheerleader wearing her boyfriend’s letter jacket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He puts on a girly voice and reads aloud: “Megan has run off with her boyfriend, who from here on in, I shall refer to as B.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Empty apartment. Cute boyfriend wearing cute work clothes.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Jule expected the boyfriend would be irritated, but instead he grinned. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t want your boyfriend to see you looking so glamorous?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Mustang left the comer in her car, burning rubber, promising to bring her new boyfriend back to kill Mike. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “She told me she doesn’t have a boyfriend.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Visitors who come over — friends, boyfriends — often ask me about it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But my sister just wanted to buy her boyfriend a present. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know, maybe this is normal for some families, but Mom never makes me get brunch with the boyfriends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the end, she did not bring a suit against her boyfriend, and I never saw her again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They kept telling me that I couldn’t see my boyfriend ever again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She was going undercover to nail Dusty Muleman, the man she suspected of ordering her boyfriend killed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Life was even looking up on the boyfriend front—for the last couple of days I’d been on the receiving end of some intense glances from Martin Enfield, a senior on the lacrosse team. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “You don’t know. You don’t know what? That you’re going to the dance or that you like girls? You taking your boyfriend, Dillard Early the Serpent Prince, to the dance?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z |
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