How to Use big boy in a Sentence
big boy
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The Man now, the guy in big boy pants, in the captain’s chair, calling the shots.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2021
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Big thing would be getting used to the big boys out there.
—Cindy Boren, courant.com, 27 Aug. 2019
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Then came the big acts of the two-thousands—Britney Spears, the big boy bands.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2021
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All of the big boys are slugging it out over the smart speaker.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2017
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But in the cosmic scheme of things, not quite enough traction to hang with the big boys.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2018
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Just make sure your friend or loved one has enough space for this big boy.
—Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
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Get a little thud, hear the big boys yell a little bit.
—Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2018
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My three little girls and my three big boys—no way, no how.
—Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 14 Dec. 2017
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One of the bigger boys tries to mount but gets stuck with one leg over a pinto’s rear.
—Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
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Some have said that Democrats need to put on their big boy pants and move on from this defeat.
—Sunny Sea Gold, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2016
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The key to Saturday’s Auburn-Oregon game lies with the big boys in the trenches.
—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2019
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That’s why Calais Campbell and those big boys that came over there – clean that stuff up, man.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 31 May 2020
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Faron II is a big boy — 80 pounds at 18 months — his coat smooth and shiny and black, his eyes brown and soulful.
—Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2021
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The big boys are grown up now, in their twenties and thirties, living their own lives in the States.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2020
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Handling is quite good for a big boy like this, as was braking.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
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A lot of hop bitterness smacks you on the finish of this big boy, which has a faint whiskey taste.
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2022
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The big fine is agreed upon behind closed doors by the big boy network.
—Susan Dunne, courant.com, 26 June 2018
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The work the big boys did to dominate most parts of this game certainly helped the backs to exploit the space.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
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Then a member of the biggest boy band in the world went ahead and hopped on yet another remix.
—Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 25 July 2019
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The album proved that the band wasn't just a bunch of hacks from Cleveland who'd moved to New York to compete with the big boys, Chrome said.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
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Looking to hitch your wagon to a Cinderella that plays like one of the big boys?
—Eric Single, SI.com, 31 May 2018
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That could be bad news for clubs like the Dynamo that over the last decade have shown less willingness to spend with the big boys.
—Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2017
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The Reds have burned their village to save it, a common practice in Baseball, even among the big boys.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
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The black plates, at $5.99, include the Sushi Pro roll, Tokyo roll, sunrise roll, sunset roll, big boy roll and the rock ‘n’ roll.
—Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022
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Guerin’s first drive seemed to indicate that the Golden Eagles could hang with the big boys.
—Jack Carney, Indianapolis Star, 22 Sep. 2017
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But if these games proved the Phillies can hang with the big boys, the outcomes indicated they still must learn to win.
—Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 7 June 2018
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The engines on those big boys were running while the mayor was inside, for about two hours.
—Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
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But this winter Rouge has waved bye-bye to D-2 and is now playing with the big boys in Division 1.
—Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2020
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But like the others, prove it against a big boy to confirm the hypothesis.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2023
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Hubby needs to put on his big boy pants and let his family know the treatment of his spouse is unacceptable.
—Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
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