finishing school

Example Sentences

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Young women finishing school and establishing themselves before starting families isn’t a symptom of social decay, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

After finishing school, Starr says he was expected to go to work in a factory.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Many survivors treated in childhood or young adulthood are working toward finishing school, launching careers, gaining independence, or starting families.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

“I told them about finishing school, and they began to snore.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine