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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Lammy was twelve and heading back to boarding school.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Erasing Tibetan Culture: In Tibet, the Chinese government is placing children in boarding schools in a drive to assimilate them into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
Terror in a Paradise: Islamic State militants have rampaged across northern Mozambique for years.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Courtesy of Dickinson College Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument, Pennsylvania
Also designated last month was the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School, which was once considered the flagship federal boarding school for Native American children.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Erasing Tibetan Culture: In Tibet, the Chinese government is placing children in boarding schools in a drive to assimilate them into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
Terror in a Paradise: Islamic State militants have rampaged across northern Mozambique for years.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Courtesy of Dickinson College Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument, Pennsylvania
Also designated last month was the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School, which was once considered the flagship federal boarding school for Native American children.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
Related Articles At least 78 Native American children died at Colorado boarding schools, new investigation finds
Gov. Jared Polis walks a tightrope in approaching Trump.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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