How to Use boot camp in a Sentence

boot camp

noun
  • The behind-the-scenes of these shows are kind of like a boot camp.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The boot camp helped more than 100 writers learn the ins and outs of running a project.
    Amber Dowling, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The number of recruits dwindled from 28 to just 10 by the end of boot camp.
    Sam Russek, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Forced to get the shot to see my son graduate boot camp.
    cleveland, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Drafted, Andrews went to boot camp at the then-new Fort Dix.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • This caused a further blow to my self-esteem and the start of a sort of reform boot camp.
    Rommy Torrico, refinery29.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Or join a boot camp through the empty and still-closed theme park (think: jumping jacks in the Avengers Campus).
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Working with Tom Cruise was its own kind of actor boot camp.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 17 May 2022
  • So, to take it from boot camp to this moment, now, I’m just filled with gratitude.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Hutchings left for Marine boot camp in 2022, the news report said.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • What happened to me was somewhere between a god moment and a boot camp.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Trending Stories The seaside is froth and laughter, bass beats and boot camps.
    Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Falke quit high school a half-credit short of graduating and went to boot camp in San Diego.
    Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Contestants who make it to the next round will be chosen to go to A2K‘s boot camp in Los Angeles.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 25 July 2022
  • At the time, her husband was going through Navy boot camp training in Great Lakes, Illinois.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Think of these next six weeks as a boot camp for Quickley to grow as a playmaker and learn how to be a starting point guard in this league.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • He was starry-eyed throughout Facebook’s six-week boot camp for new hires.
    Sonia Paul, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022
  • But, this isn’t an ascetic boot camp — the resort is pure luxury.
    Sandra Ramani, Robb Report, 7 May 2022
  • Our son is leaving for Marine boot camp the day after his 18th birthday.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2022
  • It is led by boot camp head Alberto, who decides that his son Pablo, an aspiring artist, is ready to join the camp.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Chair yoga, a bento box demonstration and gardening boot camp are on the agenda just in the next few weeks.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Styles and Norris met at boot camp before reaching the intense days of gunfire in Vietnam.
    Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The two brothers have also expanded a business boot camp for adults, called The Blueprint program, to Green Bay.
    Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • His cousin, Hunter Roddy, played running back for Chaparral and is going through boot camp at Army right now.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • Fullstack Academy, based in New York, offers a full-time cyber boot camp that takes 13 weeks.
    Nicolle Liu, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • For those in want of an Italian holiday sans aforementioned boot camp, Rome is perfect this time of year.
    Leena Kim and Hannah Seligson, Town & Country, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The average employment rate for boot camp grads at five of the biggest tech companies was around 6%.
    Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022
  • In this new episode the boot camp is transformed into a gladiator-style arena.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Watch this adorable video inside a boot camp for new dads preparing for fatherhood.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2 Dec. 2022
  • After two days of boot camp, Sam enjoyed a special ceremony from the Marines.
    Fox News, 15 June 2022

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