COLLEGE in a Sentence

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For COLLEGE, below is one of 227 sentences:
But the word and the vision capered before his eyes as he walked back across the quadrangle and towards the college gate.

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 Meanings and Examples of COLLEGE
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college
 n.  a school to study for an undergraduate degree, usually a part of university
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1  His mother had told him not to speak with the rough boys in the college.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  And the day was going on in the college just as if he were there.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  He is right and the other fellows are wrong because a flogging wears off after a bit but a fellow that has been expelled from college is known all his life on account of it.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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4  It was towards the close of his first term in the college when he was in number six.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  He left the stage quickly and rid himself of his mummery and passed out through the chapel into the college garden.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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6  They entered the grounds of the college and were led by the garrulous porter across the quadrangle.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  The sudden legend startled his blood: he seemed to feel the absent students of the college about him and to shrink from their company.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  But the word and the vision capered before his eyes as he walked back across the quadrangle and towards the college gate.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated scroll, the certificate of his prefecture in the college of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  Mass will be on Saturday morning at nine o'clock and general communion for the whole college.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  Rain was falling on the chapel, on the garden, on the college.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  But not there in the chapel of the college.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
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13  They would be for the breakfast in the morning after the communion in the college chapel.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  In a waking dream he went through the quiet morning towards the college.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  And you, Stephen, have been such a boy in this college, prefect of Our Blessed Lady's sodality.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
16  The two colleges have a reciprocal arrangement whereby students from one college can attend classes at the other.
17  We went through school and college together, but then our paths diverged.
18  He studied town planning at college.
19  The college offers courses in a variety of trades.
20  We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.
21  I did a bit of fencing while I was at college.
22  She arrived at college with a whole set of assumptions inherited from her family.
23  The college offers a wide range of sporting activities.
24  I worry that I won't get into college.
25  Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break.
26  The college prepares students for a career in business.
27  The college entrance examination is a real challenge.
28  Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly.
29  I gave up hope of going to college when I failed my examinations.
30  He was incorporated a member of the college.