How to Use pretty boy in a Sentence
pretty boy
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Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
—Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
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Also, why is arthouse pretty boy Louis Garrel, who portrays the leader of a resistance group known as Breakwalls (That’s seriously their name.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately, Winger committed the mortal sins of having a pretty boy lead singer and painfully cheesy videos (even by 80s standards), so most people dismissed them and Beach as cheap imitators.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
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This was the last time Leo would try to headline a big-budget movie still looking like the pretty boy of Titanic; after this, his next four films were for either Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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Though both adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s novel offer an exceptionally warm atmosphere, with their amber hues and teary-eyed pretty boys, the soft touches of this ’90s classic are paired perfectly with a weighted blanket and some London Fog.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2025
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