schoolgirl

Example Sentences

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Then just a starry-eyed Catholic schoolgirl, she remembers walking down Times Square and hearing a woman singing in the streets in a style unknown to her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 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

Standing in the corridors of power, she advocated for boxing as a tool for social change, sharing her own journey from insecure schoolgirl to a role model for the next generation.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Brahim Chnina, the Moroccan father of a schoolgirl who falsely claimed that Paty had asked Muslim students to leave his classroom before showing the caricatures, was sentenced to 13 years.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

“The quality or condition of being depraved or corrupt, ” Rahel read, with a row of sternmouthed nuns seated behind her and a sea of sniggering schoolgirl faces in front.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy