Examples of boarding school in a Sentence
He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
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The Catholic Church, which ran mandatory Indian boarding schools into the 1960s to eliminate Indigenous culture and language, considered homosexuality an abomination.
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Lisa Myers McClintick, USA Today, 11 June 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales are raising their kids differently than previous generations of royal parents by sending their children to day school instead of boarding school, and Kate's Early Years Meeting didn't take her far from home.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 June 2025
Bethmann’s grandmother was stolen from her reservation as a girl and taken to an abusive Catholic boarding school.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 23 May 2025
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggles to realize his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
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Lisa Myers McClintick, USA Today, 11 June 2025
The Prince and Princess of Wales are raising their kids differently than previous generations of royal parents by sending their children to day school instead of boarding school, and Kate's Early Years Meeting didn't take her far from home.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 5 June 2025
Bethmann’s grandmother was stolen from her reservation as a girl and taken to an abusive Catholic boarding school.
—Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 23 May 2025
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggles to realize his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great grandfather’s escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 May 2025
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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