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.
  • 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
  • Some teams in college, if a guy’s really good, will just ride him into the ground.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The Senate must agree with the changes to the original bill, which deals with a college credit program.
    Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 27 June 2024
  • Then there was coming out in college, first to two of my closest floormates.
    Jennifer Thuy Vi Nguyen, Longreads, 11 June 2024
  • She was born and raised in Chicago, and went to college at Harvard, then worked as a consultant.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In this tight California job market, the college student asked for the hourly bump, and got it.
    Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The vice president also tops Trump with Black Americans, elderly and young voters, middle-class Americans and those who are poor, those with college degrees, urban voters, among others, the data shows.
    Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The only two attendees who seemed relatively subdued were a local college student and her mother, a biologist from Montana.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024

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