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Examples

  • Look what you did to that little boy! the man from another country said.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • “Good to see you upright, my boy!” the demigod said, greeting Khefar with an enthusiastic slap on the back that almost sent the Nubian tumbling.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • Do I clearly name the behaviors that please me, or do I use “Good boy!” too often?

    30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog Tamar Geller 2010

  • “Uh, boy!” she shouted, and shot a finger at Mikey, who lifted his chin and waggled his eyebrows at them through the rearview mirror.

    Nevermore Kelly Creagh 2010

  • “What a boy!” she wrote to him admiringly, “what a boy!”

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • “Good to see you upright, my boy!” the demigod said, greeting Khefar with an enthusiastic slap on the back that almost sent the Nubian tumbling.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • “Oh, you are a busy boy!” she said, tapping the end of a gold pencil on her desk.

    TOO MANY MURDERS Colleen McCullough 2009

  • I half expected the gar to give him a Good boy! and throw him a treat.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • “Forget about the boy!” she yelled into the microphone.

    Final Theory Mark Alpert 2008

  • “You go on back in that ring and beat that boy!” she said.

    Becoming Holyfield Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld 2008

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