schoolteacher
Example Sentences
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He came from a modest background: His father was a schoolteacher and an imam at a local mosque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
His father, Ghulam Nabi Dar, a schoolteacher, initially wanted him to concentrate on academics and become a doctor.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Sanchez, a 57-year-old congressman draws on the rural background of his mentor, former president Pedro Castillo, a schoolteacher jailed after a failed attempt to dissolve Congress in 2022.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
One of the dancers at the San Francisco Opera House said so, so maybe I'll be a schoolteacher like my aunt and have the whole summer off.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
