Examples of choirboy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With his sterling reputation as a local athlete, choirboy, Boy Scout and honor student with no prior arrests, Mr. Artis also drew the support of celebrities, journalists, civil liberties figures and others. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021 Nas paced around the vocal booth listening to the playback, holding his hands together in front of himself like a choirboy. — New York Times, 7 July 2021 Quindon Tarver, a McKinney native who appeared as a choirboy in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and on seasons two and seven of American Idol, has died. — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2021 With unprecedented access to the artist, the documentary follows Lightfoot’s evolution from Christian choirboy to troubled troubadour to international star and beloved Canadian icon. — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2020 The second choirboy died from an accidental overdose after years of drug abuse. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 17 Sep. 2019 He had been accused of molesting two 13-year-old choirboys after Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in 1996. — Nr Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020 Almost 10 years earlier, in 1994, Van Handel had pleaded guilty to one count of lewd and lascivious behavior with a 14-year-old choirboy and gone to prison. — USA Today, 12 Nov. 2019 Christopher Smith’s photographs are technically self-portraits, though each evokes someone else: a sullen detective, a naked gladiator, a flapper, an inmate, a sword swallower, a cowboy, a choirboy, a corpse. — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 18 July 2019 See More

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