He had that sunny boyishness which is so irresistible to young and old. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896] Reference
A boyishness in me looked forward to my third year. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
And the poet's boyishness demands still further consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowley Poems] Reference
Something of the appealing boyishness had gone out of his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
The boyishness which had been a part of him when he had fought at. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
He was conscious of colouring, and was annoyed at his boyishness. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Bede] Reference
Instantly at that question all the boyishness left the other's face. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
The alert, vigorous boyishness that had been so characteristic was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
It had always rather irritated me by an excess of candour and boyishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
Cheniston's face had lost all its boyishness; it looked haggard, unhappy, old. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
She was no taller than an average adolescent and slim to the point of boyishness. From Wordnik.com. [Cachalot]
The mask that emerged into the light was still one of boyishness, but one of sadness, too. From Wordnik.com. [Circus World]
She stood tall, slender almost to boyishness, clad in plain black tunic, slacks, and sandals. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Book of Stormgate]
Danny was so cute, the boyishness somehow all the more charming coming from a muscle-bound main. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Engagement]
Boyish the workmanship may have been, yet there was nothing of boyishness about the music itself. From Wordnik.com. [Story-Lives of Great Musicians] Reference
But this is a side of Romney that reporters seldom see behind the golly-gee-willikers boyishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Holy Cow! Candidate] Reference
That is, until the consequences of their simplistic boyishness brings catastrophe down on all of us. From Wordnik.com. [Gary Hart: The Appeal of the Simplistic] Reference
In fact, there is a great enthusiastic boyishness about Eli and his vision for his new brand extension. From Wordnik.com. [April Rudin: Reframing Yourself and Your Business: Take a Page from a Master Who Evolved into an App] Reference
And the halting boyishness of the request had warmed Cecille's face too; warmed her through and through. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
He is still handsome; but the old sparkling lustre of his eye has gone, and no trace of boyishness is left. From Wordnik.com. [Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City] Reference
And yet, on the other hand, in his pleasanter moments he has a boyishness and vivacity which are attractive. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyd George The Man and His Story] Reference
After which it was his turn to study her, the contrast and slenderness of her, scarcely escaping boyishness. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
His boyishness was quenched for a moment, but it revived at the sight of Peter riding up to the gates of the park. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
His boyishness was gone; he seemed to have aged years since that evening in September when he had sailed for Alaska. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Said hero is played by Cruise with his appealing fierce boyishness -- although at 33, he's losing that preppy patina. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Accomplished] Reference
He became older suddenly, and a certain boyishness, which was characteristic of him, was gone and never returned again. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The unfading boyishness of hope and its vigorous irrationality are nowhere better displayed than in questions of conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Virginibus Puerisque and other papers] Reference
Colin was eleven years older, an odd mixture of sophistication and boyishness that had swept Greer's heart and soul away. From Wordnik.com. [Moontide]
Germany, after brooding over its defeat for ten years, had a convulsive relapse to fiercely crazy boyishness in the Nazis. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Things to Come] Reference
For a change his natural charm and a refreshing boyishness were allowed to show through his usually formidable masculinity. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Desire]
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.