How to Use in school in a Sentence
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Kids are in school for eight hours a day.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
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Let’s say a child with autism is in school.
—Joshua Cowen, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
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Projects in school often take days.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
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John, a year behind me in school, was as well.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
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Many of them are in school with bright futures ahead of them.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2026
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But her two sons were assigned her book in school and read it.
—Maddie Hanna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
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What’s more startling is that two-thirds of them are in school.
—Geoffrey Alphonso, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Just, kids found them and brought them in, and showed them to their friends in school.
—Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
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That means getting her 7-year-old back in school.
—ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026
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If a student won’t be in school that day, the app reroutes the bus.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
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With kids back in school, parents are awash in laundry.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
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The complaint does not note if the children were in school.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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But she was dismayed to never learn about such things in school.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Whether in the neighborhood or in school.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
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Back then, sports teams for women and girls weren’t an option in school.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 29 Oct. 2025
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This is the first time in school history to ever do it.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Naim questions why Ryan acts so distant in school.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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The airstrikes hit on the first day of Iran's work week while many were at work or in school.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
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Bih said only two of her children remain in school.
—ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
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The teen’s favorite class in school is English.
—The Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
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Floyd-Pruitt also acted lead roles in school plays.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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Some of the people dying so far in this war are little girls in school.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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What about all the childless women who teach children in school?
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
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His four younger siblings need laptops and a printer to get ahead in school.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Dec. 2024
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The school district disagrees and thinks the child is doing well in school.
—Joshua Cowen, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
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Here’s how to help your child navigate being the new kid in school.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 20 July 2026
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Kids who aren't in school because of the tornado crouched and watched.
—CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
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They’re being brainwashed in school.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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And things got as anxious as a guy on a first date with the prettiest girl in school.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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Like, science was always my worst subject in school.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
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