schoolmaster

Example Sentences

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Silber has transformed Mr. Lundie, Brigadoon’s schoolmaster and moral guide, into Widow Lundie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

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

Mr Fabius, with the air of a firm but respected schoolmaster, was able to encourage and cajole reluctant countries towards a historic compromise.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

“The Mill on the Floss” contains one of George Eliot’s sharpest caricatures in the figure of the foul schoolmaster Stelling.

From New York Times • May 18, 2021

The words were spoken with a slow patience, like a schoolmaster reciting a forgotten lesson.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss