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For INSTRUCTOR, below is one of 21 sentences:
Then, changing his language, he continued, adhering to the imperfect nomenclature of his provincial instructors.

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 Meanings and Examples of INSTRUCTOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
instructor
 n.  a person whose occupation is teaching
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  She was meditating upon walnut fudge, the plays of Brieux, the reasons why heels run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The sociology instructor was new.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  The history instructor was a retired minister.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Our venerable instructor was a great deal older, and not improved in appearance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
5  No harm will be done: I've often acted as sword instructor.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  During the time that I had charge of the Indians and the night-school at Hampton, I pursued some studies myself, under the direction of the instructors there.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
7  One of these instructors was the Rev.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
8  I soon learned, however, that this money could be used only for the payment of the salaries of the instructors, and that there was no provision for securing land, buildings, or apparatus.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
9  The whole executive force, including instructors and clerks, now numbers eighty-six.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
10  Once a month, and sometimes oftener, there is a general meeting of all the instructors.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
11  Aside from these there are innumerable smaller meetings, such as that of the instructors in the Phelps Hall Bible Training School, or of the instructors in the agricultural department.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
12  While the students are at work upon the land and in erecting buildings, they are taught, by competent instructors, the latest methods of agriculture and the trades connected with building.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
13  Our instructors were oddly assorted; wandering pioneer school-teachers, stranded ministers of the Gospel, a few enthusiastic young men just out of graduate schools.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: I
14  Our personal life was as free as that of our instructors.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: I
15  Then, changing his language, he continued, adhering to the imperfect nomenclature of his provincial instructors.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence:
1  His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson.
2  The drill instructor was court-martialed for having sex with a trainee.
3  He doesn't suffer fools gladly so he's hardly the best person to be instructor on the beginner's course.
4  The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run.
5  He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors.