How to Use alma mater in a Sentence

alma mater

noun

• I visited my old alma mater last week.
• Hall of Fame running back Terrell Davis believes his alma mater will be just fine despite their heartbreaking loss.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• As the new head coach of the Bruins, Foster wants to get his alma mater back to that level.
  — Dan Greenspan, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
• Casey Gillin returns to his alma mater in his first year as coach.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2022
• Chiarello was also named Chef of the Year by his alma mater in 1995.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
• Berube has upped the Tigers schedule to challenge them with games at Texas and at UConn, her alma mater.
  — Doug Feinberg, ajc, 18 Oct. 2022
• Rivers will return to his alma mater on Aug. 12 for a jamboree game at Athens High.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• Thomas is the latest in a line of Kentucky high school standouts to follow Brohm to his alma mater.
  — The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2023
• At the dawn of his first season coaching his alma mater, Payne doesn’t know what to expect.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2022
• While his alma mater Notre Dame had a rough weekend, Alt pitched a shutout against Crosby.
  — Jay Paris, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• In all, investors and entrepreneurs shared an alma mater in one-third of venture deals.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• Vestavia Hills’ Robert Evans (9-6, 2 years) is in his second season as a head coach, both with the Rebels, his alma mater.
  — Dennis Victory, al, 12 Sep. 2023
• Kenny King is 49-31 in his eighth season at his alma mater.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2023
• Ever since, the world got a glimpse of his talent with a 15-point effort that year to beat James’ alma mater St. Vincent-St.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• DuBose spent the last two years as coach at his alma mater, going 17-6 overall.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• Folks love to represent their alma mater or sports teams.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022
• Gene Block is the longtime chancellor of my alma mater.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• After the game, the varsity team held hands in a darkened locker room and sang the alma mater in Hawaiian.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
• That didn’t stop the longtime head football coach from leaving the program at the end of the season to join his alma mater, the Louisville Cardinals.
  — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2023
• Nearly four dozen kids signed up for the day-long camp held July 23 at Christian High, Matthews’ alma mater.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
• The outlet also noted that when Derek was honored by his high school alma mater in 1996, Sharlee was there to give a speech.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Hayes returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 2012.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
• She was set to student-teach at Valley Lutheran High School, her alma mater.
  — Susan Baek, NBC News, 24 July 2024
• King Charles also attended his father's alma mater but didn't thrive in the same way.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• In that case, Sanders’ alma mater might attempt to bring him home, leading to a vacancy in Boulder.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Marcus Freeman returns to his alma mater as the new head coach of Notre Dame in an early-season matchup of Top 5 teams.
  — John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• Taroli said his friends were aware of threats the gunman had made online against his alma mater, Mountain View High School, and had planned to keep their kids home for the first day of school.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
• Glenn’s full name is Auburn Brock Glenn, as he’s named after his grandfather’s alma mater.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 30 July 2022
• Choose a pouch that pays homage to your teacher’s alma mater or favorite college football team.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2024
• Over the next three months, Bloomberg announced $1.6 billion of gifts to the medical schools of his alma mater, Johns Hopkins, and four historically Black colleges.
  — Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024