schoolbook

Example Sentences

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As fast as she could, my mother went to the schoolbook section of Gimbel’s department store and brought home teachers’ reading books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

For decades, the Irish-language revival was associated with obligatory schoolbook lessons, traditional folk culture and a dreary version of nationalism.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

"This would have possibly been the end of civilisation. This could not be allowed to happen," the schoolbook says.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Florida ranks second among the states in the number of schoolbook challenges, after Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

He’d walk home carrying a huge turtle under his arm the way you carry a schoolbook, and me and Dee-Dee would gawk.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride