former student

Example Sentences

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In Delhi, Anand recalls a former student who moved to Canada two years ago.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

But it is a trait that Darnold has long exhibited, according to his high school coach Jaime Ortiz, who remembers his former student as a wildly gifted but quietly driven kid.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

Villca Fernández, a former student leader and Maduro opponent, still remembers when he arrived at the Helicoide in 2016 after being grabbed by the feared intelligence agents in his home city of Merida.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

She wondered if her former student, whom she hadn’t seen in years, would recognize her.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Charlotte was married to Robert Serber, the physicist and former student who’d become Oppenheimer’s right-hand man the year before.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin