Sentence examples for a larger boy from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a larger boy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a boy who is bigger in size compared to others or in a specific context, such as age or maturity.
Example: "In the playground, a larger boy was helping the smaller children reach the swings."
Alternatives: "a bigger boy" or "a more substantial boy".

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At one point this spring, as Jeffrey sat at the edge of the playground, a larger boy approached from behind and asked if he was from Florida or Houston.

Another third grader, a larger boy to be called the Bully, has a problem with the gel, with the neat clothes, with the way the new kid walks, as though he thinks he's better than everyone else.

Once, in their early teens, Crespo came to William, just 11 months older, with his nose bloodied after having been beaten up by a larger boy, his brother recalled.

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"He was a large boy at fourteen," Montgomery said.

The chard is cramped by the net, like a large boy in a small cellar.

Life also includes caring for Dennis, a large boy with a kind smile and a learning disability.

Her hands were clasped around the hog stubble of a large boy's neck, and they were swaying in the center of the hexagon.

I played Hippolytus, who is supposed to be a ravishingly beautiful young man; but by the time we were reviewed, I'd become quite a large boy.

In Freckleface Strawberry's latest adventure, Freckleface faces peer skepticism over her choice of best friends, a large boy nicknamed Windy Pants because, as he says, "of the wind in…never mind".

Back on the tracks a subway car — the N train — is straddled by a large boy, who has human heads gathered around him like the day's catch and a galleon on his head.

My son – in Year 8 at a large boys comprehensive – has a compacted Key Stage 3, squeezing everything into Years 7 and 8 and beginning GCSE courses in Year 9.

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