How to Use grammar school in a Sentence
grammar school
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Children came from all walks of life to the grammar school.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 17 Nov. 2020
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Its treasured grammar schools are among the best in the country.
—The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
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Yeah, the days may be gone when a team gives up three ones for a kid who hasn’t thrown a pass since grammar school.
—Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
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O’Donnell was born in Lemont, but spent half her grammar school years in Shorewood.
—Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 15 Sep. 2021
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Many of us learned in grammar school that this was a dangerous step that threatened the rule of law.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 29 July 2021
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Almost all of these guys had been stars in college, high school, grammar school.
—Rich Cohen, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
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Ron came to love cross-country racing, became captain of his town’s grammar school team and set the record on the school’s course.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 June 2021
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He was bemused by that calling, spawned in his grammar school years in New Jersey.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
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His father was a high school football coach, and his mother taught grammar school.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2022
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But in Trump’s mouth, the words were just words, like those of a substitute grammar school teacher reading from the textbook to fill the time and distract the kids.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2019
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Lemont coach Christine Traina was hosting a summer camp for grammar school kids.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2022
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The series follows two teen boys, Nick and Charlie, who meet at a British grammar school, quickly become friends and fall in love.
—Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
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Nineteen years ago, Lands’ End founder Gary Comer returned to his grammar school.
—Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 26 July 2017
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My favorite story about Charlie comes from his days in grammar school.
—Ed Ternan, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
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His page also lists him as a 1989 graduate of the same grammar school his sons attended.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2019
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His was a family that looked askance at his early yen – while still in grammar school – to become a radio star.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021
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My grandmother was a seamstress and taught me to sew in the afternoons after grammar school.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2023
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The petite shop is located just over a covered bridge between the town bakery and grammar school.
—Austin Carr, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
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The two met in grammar school in the Junior Argonauts girls basketball program in Summit.
—Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 23 Mar. 2018
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Arundel played in grammar school with Stagg’s Abbey Hobart, who is also opening up some eyes.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
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Pena insists that his path to success, power, and money started in grammar school, when he was forced to wear a dunce hat.
—Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
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On average, the results of children at private or grammar schools were a full GCSE grade higher than those at state schools.
—The Economist, 26 Mar. 2018
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When Charles Coolidge was growing up outside Chattanooga, his grammar school class received a visit from Sgt.
—New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021
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Nile Rodgers's would make any grammar school teacher proud with textbook-perfect letters.
—Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 15 Apr. 2018
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The buildings once housed the German-English School and later a grammar school, high school, college and Hemisfair offices.
—Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, 5 Dec. 2019
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William Woodward and his wife, Abigail Cutter, started a free public grammar school for poor students in 1831.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2022
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Senior libero Gigi Navarrete, who has played with White since grammar school, watched the transition with amazement.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
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Harnick had a penchant for humorous verse, and his work appeared in his grammar school and high school newspapers.
—Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
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His mother worked in one of the houses as a prostitute, and when the nuns at his Catholic grammar school discovered the nature of the family business, he was expelled.
—Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 9 Feb. 2018
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Those who complete the program will earn a certificate from the consulate that is the equivalent of a grammar school or high school diploma, according to the school district.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
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