student body

Example Sentences

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The picturesque Scottish university, once the secret of private-school students from the East Coast, now boasts a student body that is about 20% American.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The student body collectively sighed “Alas, this too,” but then mobbed the dorms anyway, cheering and hugging fearlessly with unmasked smiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

He was successful in high school, becoming the starting quarterback, class and student body president.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

One of the UK's most prestigious independent schools will accept girls into its main student body for the first time in its near five-and-a-half-century history from next year.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

So I just enjoyed the feeling and watched the once amorphous student body separate itself into hundreds of individuals.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli