Example Sentences

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But Black Twitter, combined with the people I followed from the bar, my homeboys from around the way I convinced to join, and Eastside-Westside Baltimore Twitta, made my experience complete.

From Salon • May 6, 2022

“I just remember me and my homeboys getting in the car and going to down to Canal Street,” Mathieu said.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2022

When white hot-rodders were jacking up their cars to go fast, homeboys were dropping their rides low, and slowing things down — a quintessentially countercultural move if ever there was one.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2020

One of his homeboys who was back from college called up.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

“Anyway, I’m there to watch some of the homeboys play after the girls’ game,” Daddy says, looking at Momma.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas