cover boy
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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And if you didn’t know any better, Allen, the Commanders’ cover boy for stoicism, was actually smiling.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2022
In an oddly on-trend gesture, he showed his recycled textiles on vintage models, people like the beautiful Halstonette Alva Chinn and the perennial GQ cover boy Tony Spinelli, both still working.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
That would be a miscast Orlando Bloom as a shady military vet, who despite his straggly hair and tattoos, transmits all the potentially lethal edge of a GQ cover boy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2017
Sports Illustrated cover boy was 3-0 with 0.75 ERA and 43 Ks and only four BBs in 28 IP as senior.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
Lawrence had been talent-spotted by Time-, his elevation to the magazine’s cover boy as the symbol of modern American science would soon follow.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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