schoolgirl

Examples of schoolgirl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of Boko Haram’s most notorious abductions was the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls in 2014, when nearly 300 students were taken from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Stephanie Busari, CNN, 10 June 2024 Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe were known as Girl X and Boy Y during their trial for the killing of the transgender schoolgirl, who was stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife after being lured by the pair to a park in Cheshire last February. Jamie Timson, theweek, 2 Feb. 2024 And alliances between constituents as diverse as schoolgirls, oil workers, and Kurdish nationalists have emerged. Zoe Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2022 John Lohr, whose wife Amber was assaulted by a man with a knife while chaperoning a group of schoolgirls on a class trip, says the family has no plans to return to New York City. Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for schoolgirl 

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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolgirl. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

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