How to Use student body in a Sentence

student body

noun
  • The student body of 800 is one of the most diverse in the state.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • By the end of the year, 97% of the student body were in person, Tolj said.
    Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 2 July 2021
  • The work is tough, but soon will yield more than 1,000 pounds of food for the student body.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The whole student body are thus to be punished for the actions of just a few.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 Sep. 2024
  • The student body is now more than half Latino and about 30% Black.
    Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The student body is small, so adults in the building know every child’s name.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In the next swipe, Bieber appeared in the Burn Book — a diary used to trash talk members of the student body.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Wasatch has a team drawn from the rest of its student body that competes against Utah high schools.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The Greenport drill was not imposed on the school’s staff or student body.
    New York Times, 28 June 2022
  • Black children make up about 10% of the student body in that district.
    Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2021
  • The name was selected by the student body from a list of choices.
    Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • General Cedric Wins wrote in his email to the student body.
    Washington Post, 13 July 2021
  • So has the new lottery process helped bring in a more diverse student body?
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Every Friday the school met at the chapel, and somebody from the student body had to share something.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • But once again, a growing order and student body had the sisters in search of a new home.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • More than 64 percent of its student body comes to school buildings two days a week.
    Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • When the new aid kicks in next year, one in six members of the student body will see their grant aid increase by more than $5,000.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The makeup of the student body depends on the state of current affairs when the students apply.
    Stefania D'ignoti, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But one of the friends took a screen shot of the photo and started circulating it among the student body.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Here’s a look at the current demographics of the student bodies of the Ivy League schools.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • The yell leaders, elected by the Aggies’ student body, lead the band and fans in what amounts to a late-night pep rally at Kyle Field.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But classification isn’t about the quality of the team, it’s about the size of the student body.
    Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Still, families see the makeup of the student body as an asset.
    Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The candidates had to deliver speeches in front of the student body.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The student body is one of the most diverse of any college in the area, and unique as well for being largely working class.
    Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The fighting in the community appears to be trickling down to the student body as well.
    Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • In the second episode of Wednesday, Nevermore's student body takes part in the Poe Cup, a.k.a a boat race where there aren't any rules.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Academia del Pueblo’s student body is about 94% Latino.
    Megan Taros, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Roosevelt is a public school with a student body of more than 5,000, so getting a ticket for that game might be tough.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • But, as tuition climbed (partly to cover the salaries of lay teachers who replaced nuns), the student body skewed wealthier.
    Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2025

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