spelling bee

Example Sentences

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A lot of them had excelled in school: We talked to a boy that had just won a spelling bee, for example.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle corrected a 12-year-old spelling bee contestant on camera, incorrectly instructing him to add the letter “e” onto the end of the word “potato.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Also worth noting: I won my grade-wide spelling bee in first grade by correctly spelling "hamburger."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2025

Preparing for a spelling bee today requires more concentration and technique than it did decades ago, Cashore said.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

I first met her when she and I had entered the Gaston spelling bee in the seventh grade.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry