schoolmaster

Example Sentences

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The Post likened him to Ichabod Crane, the fictional schoolmaster in the Washington Irving short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He’s presenting as one of those British schoolmaster guys, he’s playing up to that type.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Her mother was born the daughter of a Methodist schoolmaster but was orphaned and taken in by a Muslim man who prayed five times a day.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Dr. Farmer began his work in the Haitian village of Cange, where he met his future wife, Didi Bertrand, the daughter of a local schoolmaster.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022

He tells us put the books under the desks and the whole class chants the passage on the schoolmaster in the village.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt