How to Use alumna in a Sentence

alumna

noun
  • Brewer is an alumna of Spelman College and serves as chair of the school’s Board of Trustees.
    NBC News, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Boy Meets World alumna Danielle Fishel has revealed she has been diagnosed with early breast cancer.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Meadows was a Fresno State University alumna, according to a statement posted online by the school.
    Justin Carissimo, Peter Martinez, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Kathy Kidd — a Lindblom alumna — dropped off her son for the start of his senior year.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Sadie, too, is an alumna of the stage, having starred as Annie in Annie in 2013.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 21 July 2022
  • Brittani Kagan, an alumna for the school, worked with the students and faculty on the video project.
    Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2018
  • The Didado's daughter, Danielle, is a Hoban and Walsh alumna.
    Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Kimberly Stone, a UM alumna and the alumni trustee elected to a three-year term.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • Kristin Law, the other woman working with Spinks at the gallery that day, is an alumna herself.
    Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
  • The Louisville alumna was a second-round draft pick this year and played in two home games this month when injuries ravaged the Sparks backcourt.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Williamson says his wife Kate Yulman is a Tulane alumna.
    Thom Duffy, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The woman doing a lot of that work is an Avondale Youth Council alumna.
    Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Celebrity alumna Lena Dunham weighed in on the side of the social-justice warriors.
    Elisha Maldonado, WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • The Melrose Place alumna first tried on a wig during a photoshoot.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Kenneally is a Hingham resident and an alumna of the all-girls Catholic school for students in grades 7-12.
    Julia Preszler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Jean Deese, an alumna who helped start the debt relief effort, says people have been donating to that fund for about two years now.
    USA TODAY, 9 July 2019
  • Instead of waiving the North Carolina alumna, the Sparks can add a versatile piece for the future.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2021
  • As a Penn alumna with a daughter who is a junior there, Ms. Jackman has no doubts about the university.
    Nancy Keates, WSJ, 5 May 2020
  • When asked about what Samuelson would be able to do for the team on such short notice, Fisher replied confidently that the Mater Dei alumna was a pro.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • As an alumna of the school herself, there Spano experienced plenty of mischief back in her day.
    Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Notable alumna of the school include actress Reese Witherspoon and singer Amy Grant.
    Kelsey Koberg, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Mitchell, a Penn alumna who previously served on the university’s board of trustees, has been at NBC since 1978.
    Susan Snyder, Philly.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Charlotte McGuire, a senior and New Trier alumna, helped power the comeback.
    Sam Brief, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • Stacey Abrams, another Spelman alumna, was a driving force in the 2020 election.
    D'shonda Brown, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The library came to be, thanks to the family of an alumna, but it was constructed under sad circumstances, Diebold said.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Karen Richardson, a political strategist and alumna of the Obama White House, serves as a consultant for the project.
    Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The show’s opening act will be another alumna, Rett Madison.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024
  • The Quantico alumna opted for a peach ruffled dress while her husband went for a summery yellow shirt and ripped jeans.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 June 2019
  • The Stanford alumna will compete in women's quadruple skulls.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2021
  • An alumna of the camp sent me a notice from Crescendo, the Interlochen publication.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020

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