tutor

Example Sentences

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“It was like having a one-on-one tutor, but instead of having one, I got a hundred one-on-one tutors.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

As an eighth grader, when she served as a math tutor, Miss Nenna thought about what went into becoming an effective teacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

A self-portrait created during that time, which now hangs in the Tate Britain, so impressed her tutor Frederick Brown that he bought it and it hung in his home.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

I, for one, welcome a future in which I talk to my AI assistants throughout the day, and they handle my correspondence, calendars and to-do lists, while also serving as my coach, tutor and confidant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

I had never heard of any tutor but Biddy and Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt; so, I replied in the negative.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens