boarding school

Example Sentences

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Having spent part of his childhood at a Swiss boarding school, Kim enjoys finer things.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

Even his working-class credentials came under attack; the scion of a well-heeled family, Platner attended boarding school and got $200,000 from his dad to buy a house.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2026

His parents shipped him off to boarding school in Ireland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Imam Nahe'i, who teaches at a large Islamic boarding school, says that when he asked he found his fellow teachers "didn't understand what sexual violence was".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“Hello, mates. Feeling all right, yeah?” he called in an accent straight out of a posh London boarding school by way of the Eastside.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray