schoolgirl

Example Sentences

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The Altadena schoolgirl was witnessing the Big Bang of L.A. smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

One 17-year-old schoolgirl in north Tehran said the city felt like a vast cemetery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Two other British women refused to speak, including Shamima Begum, who left London as a schoolgirl to join IS.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Brisbane schoolgirl Sadie Angus is one of them.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Then she herself takes a handful of peanuts and puts them, like a schoolgirl, one by one in her mouth.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez