truant

Example Sentences

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In June 1530 Hans Holbein the Younger was rounded up for being a truant from the Reformed Church and its newfangled Eucharist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As one might have predicted, the trio of 14-year-old supposedly truant adolescents quickly overwhelmed the comic.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

And man, that idea, that image of 22 public integrity lawyers locked in a room like truant children until they knuckle under, and somebody is going to file it.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2025

The Omak School District changed its withdrawal procedures in September to keep truant students enrolled, based on OSPI’s statewide guidance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Even as children we had a great love for them, they drew us vaguely thither, we played truant the whole day by them and listened to their rustling.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque