schoolteacher

Example Sentences

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“When Calls the Heart” is set in the early 20th century and follows Krakow’s schoolteacher Elizabeth Thatcher as she makes a life for herself in Hope Valley, a small town in western Canada.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

"I knew my husband is strong and can endure. I didn't react at all -- I just kept praying and repeating in my heart that nothing bad would happen to him," the 32-year-old schoolteacher said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a truck driver with no connections in the music industry.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Kufwema, kuzikisa, kugam-bula, smoothly the words rolled forward and I realized this slick trick schoolteacher could be saying anything under the sun.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver