How to Use tomboy in a Sentence

tomboy

noun
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  • Jo is the tomboy with a passion to make life more fair.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Split between the runway and the slopes, Elys is the perfect blend of tomboy and girly girl.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 6 July 2023
  • Georgia’s a bit of a tomboy and likes wearing t-shirts and jeans.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The look was classic Ri: a little bit tomboy and a lot bit luxe.
    — Louisa Ballhaus, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The boys started making fun of me and calling me a tomboy.
    — Caterina Clerici & Eléonore Hamelin, Marie Claire, 1 Feb. 2019
  • Go Eun-chan (played by Yoon Eun-hye), a poor, hard-working girl who’s a bit of a tomboy.
    — Amanda Rosenberg, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • As a girl Earhart was a tomboy who hunted rats with a .22 rifle.
    — Erin Davis and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 24 July 2019
  • The only girl in the house with four boys, Harris was always known as a tomboy.
    — Veronica Wells, Essence, 25 Oct. 2022
  • As kids, Jo is the bookish tomboy and Bethie the feminine good girl.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 8 June 2019
  • Growing up in the North of France, Grevenitis, a tomboy, would tear the hair off her Barbie dolls.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The singer who was able to code-switch from tomboy to ultra-glam is still the blueprint for women’s streetwear.
    — Nandi Howard, Essence, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Siegel Vintage Located in the South of France, this shop is for the tomboy who loves vintage.
    — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2019
  • An 11-year-old tomboy tries to fit in with her peers after joining an all-girl dance team.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • In the first, John is bailed out by a mate of his dad’s, whose spunky tomboy daughter Nicki (Sacha Parkinson) joins him for the ride.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Growing up in the southern city of Nanjing, Lu Keran was a tomboy.
    — Amy Qin, New York Times, 20 May 2017
  • Sherry is described as a tomboy who enjoyed farm work in 1984 and knew how to drive a tractor.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 12 Nov. 2019
  • The family summered in Lebanon, and Patricia, a tomboy, learned to hunt and fish all over Iraq.
    — Marcia Desanctis, Town & Country, 14 Oct. 2016
  • Born the middle child of five girls, Blunk was always the family’s tomboy and athlete.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The athletic tomboy, all of 9, wasn’t the least bit interested in the preacher’s son.
    — Mary Wakeford, azcentral, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Nats, intense and porcelain-skinned, is a lifelong tomboy.
    — James Reginato, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Growing up, Braiden had always had the sensation of being in the wrong body and behaved like a tomboy.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The first girl to take on the paper route in Stony Stream, Mac is a tomboy who smokes cigarettes and looks up to her big brother, Dylan.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 July 2022
  • Mary Kate was a tomboy in snapbacks while Ashley was the princess in pink (our pop-culture gender norms were less evolved back then).
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Chase’s best friend from high school, Marty, is a deputy, while Birdie, the fat tomboy with a secret crush on Chase, works as a wildlife officer.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Her style is one-part tomboy, one-part South African material gworl.
    — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 19 May 2022
  • Woodford was a tomboy and an athlete while was attending Bush Middle School and dreamt of swimming in the Olympics.
    — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 30 Nov. 2019
  • She’s a tomboy and often hung out with him prior to us moving in together.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 27 May 2021
  • Does that mean gay women can't be vintage car-loving, sneaks and jeans-wearing tomboys who hang out with men?
    — Kasandra Brabaw, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Wingard, the movie’s director, had written her character as more of a tomboy, but her audition persuaded him to tailor the part around her deadpan vibe.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • This is a role that requires her to be a tough rebellious tomboy in one scene and sport a posh accent and fancy dress in another; to balance action comedy with moments of genuine fear and heartbreaking tragedy.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2024

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