How to Use Eagle Scout in a Sentence

Eagle Scout

noun
  • Since it was formed, more than 100 of its scouts have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • More than 6,000 of those girls have earned the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
    Sari Hitchins, Parents, 7 May 2024
  • David was an Eagle Scout with the body of a lumberjack and the heart of a poet.
    Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Woltz was an Eagle Scout, which, in a way, remains his mien.
    Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In the years since, more than 6,000 girls nationwide have attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 May 2024
  • In 2015, an Eagle Scout built several bins that are still in use.
    Conocophillips Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • The job was earning his Eagle Scout rank before the hard deadline of his 18th birthday.
    Richard Espinoza, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • Parker said that making the masks turned out to be a much bigger deal to him than making Eagle Scout.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2020
  • Their oldest is an Eagle Scout and their youngest is working toward it.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • One of them, Ethan Gates, is leading a project intended to help qualify him for Eagle Scout rank.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
  • Develin — a 24-year-old Eagle Scout and active National Guardsman — seemed perfect for the $30-an-hour gig.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Concurrently, his scout troop got a new scoutmaster who had lost a hand, inspiring Sam for his Eagle Scout project.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • For some in the order, recognition came in tandem with other accomplishments like Eagle Scout projects or 40 under 40 awards.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
  • Lehman, a former Eagle Scout and teacher, displays two iconic photographs in his office.
    Trip Gabriel, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Dad, a natural athlete and Eagle Scout, did most everything with casual ease.
    Cathy Garrard, Redbook, 24 May 2018
  • Mohs had a passion for law enforcement and was heavily involved in his community, volunteering for youth programs in the Tri-Valley area and taking on the role of an Eagle Scout, police said.
    Simrin Singh, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The prosecutor said Woodward applied the principles of his Eagle Scout training to targeting Bernstein.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Our focus on inclusion of all Scouts and leaders also correlates with a 7% rate of youth earning Eagle Scout status, up from historical averages of 2.5%.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
  • The admissions officers each took on a different high school persona: swim team captain, Eagle Scout, musical theater performer.
    Natasha Singer, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023

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