schoolmaster

Example Sentences

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Silber has transformed Mr. Lundie, Brigadoon’s schoolmaster and moral guide, into Widow Lundie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

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

Putin barked “Speak directly!” at his trembling foreign spy chief, Sergei Naryshkin, who fumbled his words like a boy in front of a schoolmaster, eyes bulging with fear.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2022

Gabe forced himself to pay attention to the schoolmaster.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry