Example Sentences

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Born 10 years earlier, we would have been called tomboys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The sisters, who were "tomboys from the time we were little kids", were "constantly reminded we don't fit in," says Alisa.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Next, they discuss tomboys, jumping off of a recent New York Times op-ed.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2020

But we shouldn’t let the old-school tomboys in pop culture fade away in the process.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2020

And thus the trio of tomboys were left, with a loose rein, to indulge every impulse that entered their foolish heads.

From Love affairs of the Courts of Europe by Hall, Thornton