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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Its nonprofit arm, Wild Impact, runs a boarding school for Maasai families that educates close to 600 children.
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The school is based on the author’s real boarding school experience at Indian Springs Boarding School in Alabama.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
In reality, Roper was planning to return to England, where his other son, Danny (Noah Jupe), has been sequestered at a boarding school.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
The school is based on the author’s real boarding school experience at Indian Springs Boarding School in Alabama.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
In reality, Roper was planning to return to England, where his other son, Danny (Noah Jupe), has been sequestered at a boarding school.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
Based on the devastating dystopian novel of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro, this wistful drama explores the lives of Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth, three friends who grow up at a boarding school.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Boarding school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boarding%20school. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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