convent school

Example Sentences

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At the age of four, she was sent to a local boarding school, and at nine, to a convent school in England.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023

After becoming orphaned as a teen, she went to a convent school to be educated, but she eventually returned to her family’s estate and married her neighbor Manuel Padilla, an influential politician with progressive views.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

I also went to an all-girls convent school, so the cleverest person was a girl, the sports hero was a girl, the class clown was a girl.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Her father’s job led the family to move to Cyprus, Hong Kong and eventually Japan, where Ms. Pagett attended a Yokohama convent school and began acting at age 8, playing Snow White.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2021

One day Mother Ermentrude, seeing me studying intently, asks me to help tutor the girls of the convent school.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein