Examples of boarding school in a Sentence
He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
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Born July 3, 1937 in then Zlín, Czechoslovakia, Stoppard attended boarding school in the Indian Himalayas after his Jewish family fled Nazi occupation, before settling in the UK after World War II.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2025
Stoppard did indeed embrace his Britishness, attending boarding school in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire and excelling at cricket.
—Laura Clark, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
He’s probably been sent to boarding school, been reared by nannies.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2025
Stoppard did indeed embrace his Britishness, attending boarding school in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire and excelling at cricket.
—Laura Clark, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
He’s probably been sent to boarding school, been reared by nannies.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
Two dozen schoolgirls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi state last week have been freed, according to officials, as the country grapples with a wave of mass abductions in recent days.
—Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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