schoolmaster

Example Sentences

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The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He’s presenting as one of those British schoolmaster guys, he’s playing up to that type.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

A former schoolmaster who, because of a small inheritance, has been able to retire to the country, Hopkins is vain, envious of others, accustomed to his domestic comforts and utterly self-centered.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

Mr Fabius, with the air of a firm but respected schoolmaster, was able to encourage and cajole reluctant countries towards a historic compromise.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

"I came to tell you that I made my peace with the schoolmaster," she said at last.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare