STUDENTS in a Sentence

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For STUDENTS, below is one of 420 sentences:
There were seven other boys in the same room with me; most of them, however, students who had been there for some time.

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 Meanings and Examples of STUDENTS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
student
 n.  a person who is studying at a school; pupil
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The experiment that has been made to give the colored students classical training has not been satisfactory.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  Fifty years ago the ability of Negro students in any appreciable numbers to master a modern college course would have been difficult to prove.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
3  To-day it is proved by the fact that four hundred Negroes, many of whom have been reported as brilliant students, have received the bachelor's degree from Harvard, Yale, Oberlin, and seventy other leading colleges.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
4  Perhaps they are; for this is Wells Institute, and these black students have few dealings with the white city below.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In XIII
5  It would be difficult to describe the hold that he had upon the students at Hampton, or the faith they had in him.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
6  In fact, he was worshipped by his students.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
7  As soon as it became known that General Armstrong would be pleased if some of the older students would live in the tents during the winter, nearly every student in school volunteered to go.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
8  It was enough for us to know that we were pleasing General Armstrong, and that we were making it possible for an additional number of students to secure an education.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
9  These barrels proved a blessing to hundreds of poor but deserving students.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
10  There were seven other boys in the same room with me; most of them, however, students who had been there for some time.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
11  I was among the youngest of the students who were in Hampton at the time.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
12  They seemed happy only when they were helping the students in some manner.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III.
13  Most of the students went home to spend their vacation.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
14  In those days very few students were permitted to remain at the school during vacation.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
15  It made me feel very sad and homesick to see the other students preparing to leave and starting for home.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Although there is no overt hostility, black and white students do not mix much.
17  Mary is popular among the students.
18  Stories about his past are flying around among the students.
19  The book caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the students.
20  The majority of students find it quite hard to live on the amount of money they get.
21  You can ask the students some questions to lead them to make a careful analysis of the style of the writer.
22  The teacher told his students to answer up when the master came.
23  I'm disturbed that so many of the students appear to be illiterate.
24  Some students riot in fierce argument.
25  The model posed herself for the art students.
26  A lot of art students live in this dorm.
27  The article can be used to stimulate discussion among students.
28  There are no compulsions on students to attend classes.
29  The students are showing their disapproval by refusing to attend lectures.
30  The two colleges have a reciprocal arrangement whereby students from one college can attend classes at the other.