study hall
noun
1
: a room in a school set aside for study
2
: a period in a student's day set aside for study and homework
Examples of study hall in a Sentence
I have study hall next period.
She got in trouble for talking in study hall.
My study hall starts at 11:04.
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When the sounds of gunfire reverberated through the hallways, Peter was in study hall, passing time over a chessboard.
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James Laporta, CBS News, 23 May 2025
The shooting occurred during study hall in a classroom at the campus east of downtown Madison, police said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
This meant that students could not use phones (or smart watches or earbuds) at any point during the school day — not during lunch or study halls or periods of transition from one class to another.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
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James Laporta, CBS News, 23 May 2025
The shooting occurred during study hall in a classroom at the campus east of downtown Madison, police said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
From courthouses to study halls and pulpits to Senate floors, Black leaders have changed the world’s vision about what access to justice looks like in real time.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
This meant that students could not use phones (or smart watches or earbuds) at any point during the school day — not during lunch or study halls or periods of transition from one class to another.
—Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for study hall
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“Study hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/study%20hall. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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