How to Use scholarship in a Sentence

scholarship

noun
  • The book is about his life and scholarship.
  • The essay is a work of serious scholarship.
  • She got a scholarship to Yale University.
  • The organization is offering five $5,000 scholarships.
  • Then the news came about the scholarship falling through.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The story’s shaky, and the scholarship’s not new, but the art is fantastic.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Bernard insists that the scholarship students need to fit into the school, not fit the school around them.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Each student on the P-CEP teamed earned $7,000 in scholarships.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
  • There were eight girls in my class, two of us scholarship students.
    Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • The point of the scholarships is to give poor children options to escape these failure traps.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
  • And two of the scholarship players in uniform barely play.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Three more announcements of scholarship winners will be made in the next few months.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • Despite the injury, Tart had shown enough for FIU to offer a scholarship.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The event raised more than $950 to help support school programs and provide scholarships.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Proceeds from the event go to support the WHCA and to provide scholarships for students.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In order to add Glover on scholarship for this fall, some other roster shift would need to take place.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • With the signing of Franklin, UWM has one remaining scholarship to fill.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2023
  • Hale said the Big Shoulders Fund awards scholarships for the entire school year in single lump-sum payments.
    Sarah MacAraeg, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2023
  • The Razorbacks are six under the scholarship limit of 85.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 9 May 2023
  • These funds would enable them to provide scholarships and grants.
    Jarrell Dillard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Apply for a scholarship through the David Lynch Foundation.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Shootout scholarship Few soccer fans want to see a World Cup final come down to penalty kicks: the run-of-play should determine the winner.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There are some concerns now that scholarships are going to be challenged.
    Mathew Brownstein, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • Home difficulties aside, Nunez was an avid reader and a strong student, which earned her the scholarship to Barnard.
    Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Nolan, although tall and 180 pounds, was not offered his OSU scholarship until late in his senior year.
    Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • By the summer, only ten scholarship players from the roster that Sanders inherited were on the team.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Very quickly, the scholarship kids attract attention from the entrenched elite at St. Gilbert’s.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The tournament raised money for a scholarship to be established in her name.
    Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Part of our event includes giving scholarships to high school girls heading to college.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In the lead-up to the Hogs' 55-53 Liberty Bowl win over Kansas in triple overtime, there were three healthy scholarship defensive tackles.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2023

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