How to Use docent in a Sentence

docent

noun
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  • Docents will give tours of the grounds from noon to 4 p.m.
    — Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 July 2017
  • Come and hear the docents explain what life was like in the 1880's.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 26 July 2019
  • Hike with a docent on easy trails at a Palm Springs high point.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
  • The docent tells us that the river's canal was the country's busiest until the Erie Canal opened.
    — Jim Webster, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • The friend had been a docent for tours of colonial houses in the city, and had enjoyed it.
    — Julie Halpert, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Her father Jim Healey has served as a docent for 11 years, giving tours of the adobe.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • For one, a docent usually has eight to 10 kids on a tour.
    — Brittani Howell, The Seattle Times, 9 Feb. 2018
  • One docent will be able to tell a personal tale about one of the exhibits.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2017
  • You're locked in, and only your wits will set you free (don't worry, there are docents on hand to help).
    — Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The two are docents assigned to a different house and got the chance to tour Wing mansion at their own pace.
    — Gloria Casas, Elgin Courier-News, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Small group tours and their docents will leave every five to 10 minutes, with the last tour leaving at 9 p.m.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, 29 Sep. 2017
  • These days, Glynn feels more like a docent than a Realtor.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 17 May 2017
  • Trained docents will guide visitors around the grounds, where Trappist monks live, work and pray.
    — Shelia Poole, ajc, 26 May 2018
  • Our docent is a sassy feline who wears jeans, sneakers and a black bomber jacket.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Betty Berman spent 38 years as a docent at the art institute.
    — Matt McKinney, Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Mini walking tour of chapel led by docents at 1 p.m. Free.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The museum briefly paid a high school student to be a docent in the summer, but now all the work is done by volunteers.
    — Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 July 2022
  • With a small amount of encouragement, the docent will expound on the Presleys.
    — Verna Gates, al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Even the docents here fully commit to the part, donning fedoras and suits.
    — Kim Windyka, Daily Intelligencer, 16 June 2018
  • Meet beer docents from Little Miss Brewing and taste a sample.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Stop at Art Break stations to hear from local artists or museum docents and take part in gallery projects.
    — Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The lighthouse has been restored to its 1910 state, and tours are given by volunteer docents who live in the structure in the summer.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
  • Become a docent at one of L.A.'s funkiest high-desert landscapes.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Michael Govan spoke to about 200 docents at a luncheon last week and gave sort of a rebuttal.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • Still, museum docents say children as young as 5 have explored the haunted house and asked to go again.
    — Allison Bagley, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
  • One of Webster’s duties as a docent was to manage the line and prevent people from touching the displays.
    — Katie Knight, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Fire all the male managers and let any of the cooks and female waitresses stay on as docents and biologists.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 23 June 2018
  • The greenery might not have a more impressive docent than Gorman.
    — Doreen St. Félix, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Throughout four days, find the installations scattered throughout the house, museum tours from docents and access to the garden, which is not usually open to the public.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Tours are led by docents highlighting the history of the original buildings and its furnishings.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2024

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