How to Use student in a Sentence

student

noun
  • She is a student at Georgetown University.
  • The 10-year-old straight-A student was on the school’s honor roll.
    — Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Sanders said the two student-athletes are now banned from the bar.
    — Okelo Pena, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And that is what two of the smartest students in the Keller school district have their sights set on.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The gala raised $1.2 million to support the needs of NYU Tisch students.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Some of the Miyagi-Do students don't seem up for the challenge.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • On the one hand, the quality of student essays is about to go through the roof.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The console allows students to have the same view as the lead surgeon.
    — Neha Mukherjee, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Still, the lack of time on student progress this month left some feeling let down.
    — Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
  • These events are open to middle and high school students.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Treat the former student in your life to a 12-piece set that comes with kitchen utensils as well.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The Harding High School student was killed on Feb. 10, and a 16-year-old is charged with murder.
    — CBS News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • All but eight of those student arrests were made by SROs.
    — Ethan Ehrenhaft, Baltimore Sun, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The students went through the moves of the dance, including half a K-step, a double clap, a stomp, a scuff, a quarter turn.
    — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The program only applies to students in college who are over the age of 16.
    — Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Tutors set their own rates and the site takes a 10% or 20% fee, depending on how students find the course.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Progress looks at the growth of students and schools compared to past state test performances.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The women were a few inches each, pixels on the screen in the hand of my student, who had an AirPod in each ear.
    — WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The students returned that smile as the practice began.
    — Bailey Reed, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024
  • At Hoover, students are still allowed to keep their phones, but they must be put away in backpacks.
    — Linh Ta, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Williams would show up at a high school in his dress uniform and pick out the most charismatic student.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Two nearby schools said students would not be in session the week of the convention.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2024
  • The funds are renewable for four years for students who live on campus.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Sarah makes eggs for her dad and goes to school, where a student in class twitches ominously.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The small group of students had several hecklers flip them off or yell at them.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Seaman was shot three times, and the student, Ella Whistler, was shot seven times.
    — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023
  • On Tuesday a student noticed the device concealed in a vent in the bathroom and removed it.
    — The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The achievement gap between white and Black students narrowed.
    — Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Graves said school districts would have to compensate for the potential loss of federal funding, which could only delay the process of getting services to students.
    — Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025

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