finishing school

Example Sentences

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Young women finishing school and establishing themselves before starting families isn’t a symptom of social decay, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Many survivors treated in childhood or young adulthood are working toward finishing school, launching careers, gaining independence, or starting families.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Museveni studied in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the 1960s when the university acted as a kind of revolutionary finishing school for anti-colonialists.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

After finishing school in 2008, he moved to a college in Chandigarh, quickly immersing himself in student politics in the city.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

She touched my neck, and it was hung so heavy with jewels that it took all my finishing school training to keep my head up.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine