alma mater

Example Sentences

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In June, his twin sons transferred to his alma mater from a Detroit prep school with hopes of making their papa proud and lifting the town’s spirit.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Prince William’s alma mater, Scotland’s elite University of St. Andrew’s, receives so many Americans it is now sometimes referred to as “mini-Nantucket.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Women, considering they’re basically an intramural team from my alma mater, Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Certainly West Point, Lincoln’s alma mater, wasn’t training such people.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026

He didn’t want to attend his father’s alma mater, and live in an apartment in Central Square as his parents once had, and revisit the streets about which his parents speak nostalgically.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri