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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a boy still" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a boy who remains in a certain state or condition, often implying that he has not changed or grown up yet.
Example: "Despite the challenges he faced, he was a boy still, full of dreams and innocence."
Alternatives: "a boy nonetheless" or "still just a boy".
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A boy still can be promiscuous without being judged or called a slut the way a girl is.
But the day after we were there, they pulled a boy, still alive, out of the rubble I had been standing on.
Pictures that Halstead shared on Facebook in recent years, and even in the last months, showed a boy still paralyzed but with a smile on his face.
Mayor Eugene J. Murray, a lifelong resident, who recently turned 75, said many houses he knew as a boy still stand, and shine.
When Benjamin, a timid butterball of a boy still several inches short of five feet, is pressed to come up with a theme, he hurriedly replies, "Baseball".
I don't know what I'd imagined, but it wasn't this bland, biscuit-coloured young man, almost a boy still, who was at last putting his suitcase down.
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Deacon said: "As a Hackney boy still living on an estate, to know that the Baftas having been watching what I've been doing means so much".
As Ron Currie Jr.'s new book begins, an omniscient voice gives instruction to a baby boy still in utero.
I remember meeting him as a young boy (still have the photo) and what a lovely guy.
"...Looks flourishing more of a man now, an adorable boy still.
A small boy, still dressed for winter, passes on his way to school.
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