How to Use Eagle Scout in a Sentence

Eagle Scout

noun
  • As a new Eagle Scout, Nordin isn't the only who feels that way.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • 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
  • Fewer than 6% of scouts ever achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • David was an Eagle Scout with the body of a lumberjack and the heart of a poet.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Their oldest is an Eagle Scout and their youngest is working toward it.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • For his Eagle Scout project, Willemsen made garden beds for his high school.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So for his Eagle Scout project, Parker did something about it.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Coady went through the ranks of the Boy Scouts, earning the top rank of Eagle Scout.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • More than 6,000 of those girls have earned the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
    — Sari Hitchins, Parents, 7 May 2024
  • At this event the troop celebrated six scouts who have earned the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • As for other honors, Brown is also an Eagle Scout.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In 2015, an Eagle Scout built several bins that are still in use.
    — Conocophillips Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • My new Eagle Scout’s little brother is just one rank away from Eagle himself.
    — Richard Espinoza, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • And from doing that to doing a service project to get your Eagle Scout (requirements).
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
  • One of the newest was made possible by a Longmont Eagle Scout.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • In high school, Jonathan became a competitive pole vaulter and earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
    — Amy Eskind, Peoplemag, 30 June 2024
  • My dad was this very outdoors-y Eagle Scout/camping guy, and that man-of-the-woods element was a big thing for me.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • Earning the rank of Eagle Scout is the highest achievement in Scouting.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The job was earning his Eagle Scout rank before the hard deadline of his 18th birthday.
    — Richard Espinoza, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • 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
  • For his Eagle Scout project, Vortherms created a new bullpen area for his high school, Carmel Catholic.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • One of them, Ethan Gates, is leading a project intended to help qualify him for Eagle Scout rank.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 2 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
  • As a boy, Ford got involved with sports and scouting, becoming an Eagle Scout, the only president to do so.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The boys' parents took them camping and fishing, and Shafiq was a longtime Boy Scout and Eagle Scout.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • In the past year, Henry designed and built the station for his Eagle Scout project, which holds free jackets anyone can borrow while on the water.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • Sophie Nguyen wrapped her Eagle Scout project with compassion during the holiday season.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026

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