How to Use altar boy in a Sentence

altar boy

noun

• At that time on Guam, the church required altar boys to join the Boy Scouts.
  — USA TODAY, 5 May 2018
• Most of the eight had served as altar boys, Janci said.
  — oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• Boy Scouts and altar boys would meet and hang out at the Mangilao parish.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2017
• As a child, Dwight learned Latin and served as an altar boy at his local Catholic parish.
  — Emily Ludolph, New York Times, 16 July 2019
• Noaker said his client was a New York teen who was an altar boy.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 June 2018
• But the charges against him only involve an 11-year-old altar boy.
  — Mary Hudetz, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
• At that time the former altar boy sued the Archdiocese.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The altar boy who might charm the nuns could take on ferocities.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 May 2018
• The local parish was a block away, and Carroll spent many hours there — as an altar boy, in the Boy Scouts, playing sports.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021
• Wilson was a junior priest when Fletcher, a Catholic priest based in the Hunter Valley, abused the altar boys.
  — Bard Wilkinson, CNN, 22 May 2018
• One graduated from grade school there in 1956 and served as an altar boy.
  — oregonlive.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• Drew was arrested in August 2019 in the case involving the altar boy.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2021
• Inside, church-goers will find a marble altar, a gift from the Catholic church where Barry was an altar boy.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2020
• Denton confided in an older altar boy, who said Apuron had abused him too.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• Mario, on the other hand, is a dedicated student and a former altar boy.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2019
• In the world of undercover informants, Kenyel Brown was no altar boy.
  — Tresa Baldas, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2020
• Riley's younger brother Warren is a playful but kind-hearted teenager who works as an altar boy at the church.
  — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2021
• The boy kept his distance from Kamiaz after the incident but continued to serve as an altar boy.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2017
• Joseph Kennedy is a particularly cold father to his small son Bobby, the altar boy.
  — Richard D. Kahlenberg, New Republic, 1 Nov. 2017
• Crockett Island is a religious place, but Riley—once an altar boy—has lost his faith.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• Then, little altar boys came out carrying candles and incense, leading the way for the first paso.
  — Amanda Hearst, Marie Claire, 9 May 2011
• For parents, having a church also meant their sons could earn a little money by serving as altar boys.
  — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• At one rededication, an altar boy pulled the plug on Lennon’s microphone.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2019
• The movie also starred Humphrey Bogart in the story of a former altar boy gone homicidally wrong.
  — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• One who worried about Barboza’s proximity to children in the church, particularly the altar boys with him at Mass, was the first to warn the diocese.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Buck, who was raised Catholic and served as an altar boy, also was molested by several priests and a monsignor, according to his lawyer.
  — Matthew Ormsethstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
• Robert Mizic, 47, said his life was taken away as an altar boy 35 years ago, when he was abused by his parish priest at a Catholic Church in suburban Philadelphia.
  — Frank Miles, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2018
• Another advocate for the nones is Kevin Bolling, who grew up in a military family and served as a Roman Catholic altar boy.
  — chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• The Jonathan Glazer film was booed by critics at its 2004 Venice premiere, but one can offer nothing but high praise for Kidman’s ability to pull off altar boy hair.
  — Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Quartzy, 22 Aug. 2019
• Then Florance reportedly segued into a slide with a photo of his son as an altar boy at Colin Powell’s funeral.
  — Curbed, 23 Feb. 2022

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