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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Nessel's office plans to document, investigate and prosecute instances where criminal acts might have taken place at these boarding schools and institutions.
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Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
More than 250 children are still being held in Nigeria after an abduction from a Catholic boarding school on November 21.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
His education started in a rural Kentucky boarding school where the students smoked, carried knives, and the youngest student on campus, at 9 years old, was assigned to clean the toilets.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
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Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
More than 250 children are still being held in Nigeria after an abduction from a Catholic boarding school on November 21.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
His education started in a rural Kentucky boarding school where the students smoked, carried knives, and the youngest student on campus, at 9 years old, was assigned to clean the toilets.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for boarding school
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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