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

Her mother was born the daughter of a Methodist schoolmaster but was orphaned and taken in by a Muslim man who prayed five times a day.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Dr. Farmer began his work in the Haitian village of Cange, where he met his future wife, Didi Bertrand, the daughter of a local schoolmaster.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

A cowardly schoolmaster finds courage to openly defy the Nazis in his European town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2020

“But if it turns out I’m not from Penikese, other people will treat me different,” I said, remembering the schoolmaster as he scoured the handle I’d touched.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk