How to Use boarding school in a Sentence

boarding school

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  • She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.
  • He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.
  • When his foster parents died, his family then sent him to a boarding school.
    — Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Cox recalled fond memories of playing there as a child before his mother sent him off to boarding school in Connecticut for high school.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • Their oldest was away at boarding school and when his two younger brothers returned home on Oct. 10, the family's world turned upside down.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 2 July 2022
  • Aesop was sent to a boarding school catering to the kids of the rich and famous in Idyllwild, three hours east of Los Angeles.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
  • After his parents divorced in 1939, he was sent to live with a foster family and then to a Catholic boarding school.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Elizabeth Smart coped with her secret rage and her desire for women by using drugs, drinking heavily, and sending her children to boarding school.
    — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 June 2022
  • At his boarding school, the Dragon School in Oxford, England, boys spent half the year playing tennis and the other half roller-skating across the tennis courts.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • Her mother, Joanne, had been forced into a boarding school in Farmington, N.M., in the early 1950s.
    — Roman Stubbs, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • All three, as well as another brother, David, went to boarding school, though Dorothy’s education was primarily to prepare her for motherhood.
    — New York Times, 16 June 2022
  • The pair has known each other since Catholic boarding school.
    — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • In this year’s rankings, the K-12 day and boarding school in Sheridan came in third.
    — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The panelists asked how many of the attendees in the room had also been made to go to a boarding school.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 July 2022
  • The Culver Academies, a top-notch private boarding school for grades 9-12, is in the heart of the town.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024
  • He was sent to a private boarding school at 12 and rarely heard from his parents.
    — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Kalari Rasayana has the feel of a sanatorium merged with a strict boarding school.
    — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The girls’ boarding school in Chibok, miles behind them, had been set on fire.
    — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2024
  • At the age of thirteen, Rushdie was sent off to Rugby, a centuries-old British boarding school.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
  • We were put into boarding schools and we were told to reform.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • And then the other thing about the boarding school offered was boarding in the world of the Addams Family.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2022
  • At age 6, Sister Guèbrou was sent to a boarding school in Switzerland.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The kids were all home-schooled until 14, when they were sent to a Jewish boarding school in Chicago.
    — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The story follows a wealthy girl who's sent to live in a New York boarding school when her father is sent off to war.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The day of filming, a lot of us just broke down in tears seeing all the kids running around in these boarding school costumes.
    — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Ben is one of four brothers, and Andrea went to boarding school with the two oldest, Josh and Peter.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 June 2024
  • Invitation to a Bonfire is set at a girls boarding school in the 1930s.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Having murdered Sister Mary (Jennifer Ehle) and escaped the boarding school, the abused girl is on the run.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The royals put on happy faces in order to send Prince William off to Eton College, a world-renowned boarding school, for the first time.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Based on a synopsis of the movie, set in a boarding school in New England, the singer-songwriter signed off.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024

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