schoolhouse

Example Sentences

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Then there was his promise to build her a dance studio on their massive estate; he turned it into a schoolhouse for their growing brood of children.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Kapisillit's red wooden schoolhouse has a bell, library and Soviet-era hunting rifle to fend off polar bears.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In Guatemala, the residents of México Nuevo — along with several hundred other people who had fled southern Chiapas in late July — were staying at a rural schoolhouse, or living with area families.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

“She’ll be a soul in torment, carried off just when she was fixing to lock us up in that schoolhouse for another year.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck