How to Use college in a Sentence
college
noun- She dropped out of college.
- She teaches art at a local college.
- He graduated from one of the country's best colleges.
- She attended a business college.
- I went to Mount Holyoke College.
- She is attending fashion college.
- He attended college for several years, but didn't graduate.
- When I was a junior in college, I spent a semester in Spain.
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The back of a strip mall in that kind of late summer, early fall when everyone’s leaving back for college.
— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024 -
Wyoming opened the scoring with a 17-yard touchdown run by Vaughn, who was making his college debut.
— Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2023 -
Pettit-Miller hopes his model of education and access can expand to other college campuses across the country.
— Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 1 Jan. 2023 -
Readers say: The book is a treasure trove of knowledge and author Ron Lieber shared many details about paying for college that some readers hadn’t even known about.
— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024 -
The arrest in the disturbing case brought a sense of relief to the small northern Idaho college town after weeks passed with little information released by police.
— Rebecca Boone, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022 -
The experience turned him from a first-year college student majoring in archaeology into a soldier risking his life for Ukraine.
— Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022 -
About 28% of first-year students from California and other states were low-income and 29% were the first in their families to attend college.
— Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 -
In college, Ryans played against Williams in three Iron Bowls.
— Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Joining the Ranch program is to join the group within – the cool kids in school, the rebels in college.
— Duncan Madden, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023 -
That spark convinced the Bruins to sign him that spring (2022) as a college free agent.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Now, at the start of the third year of AI college, the problem seems as intractable as ever.
— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2024 -
Raul Ramirez opposed the effort to have the college preserve the buildings.
— Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023 -
The Tribune spoke to each draft pick’s college coach for more insight.
— Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023 -
Along the way his voice and influence helped shape college sports.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork.
— Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023 -
The college’s flag will be flown at half-staff this week in his memory.
— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Ric Fulop, who was then a 26-year-old college dropout, knocked on his door.
— Amy Feldman, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 -
Bettors at the casinos can wager on all types of pro and college events.
— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Both overcame odds in college and in the pros to become among the all-time best at their positions.
— Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2023 -
And Clark, the biggest star on the college stage, can play another weekend for Iowa.
— Sean Gregory, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024 -
Unlike Pletcher, Cox didn’t go to college to learn more about the business.
— Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2023 -
Their father, Michael, was a banker and the first in his family to attend college.
— Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
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