spelling bee
Example Sentences
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From BBC ● May 28, 2026
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
On the other side sits Ainsley, who would lose a grade-school spelling bee to a bag of hair extensions yet manages to get into college as a cheerleading squad walk-on.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
Winnifred, the girl who beat you in the elementary school spelling bee, raises her hand: Ms. Hardwick, wasn’t Nick supposed to present a malapropism to us today? she whines.
From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander
