How to Use finishing school in a Sentence

finishing school

noun
  • Adam wants to finish school and have a happy and successful life.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
  • The aim is for the student to finish school with a purpose and a plan for the future.
    — Bob Gathany, AL.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Some of those young people end up homeless and have a hard time finishing school.
    — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 3 June 2018
  • There was always this part of me that wondered about finishing school.
    — Cameron Glover, Allure, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Michigan is not a finishing school for polite young men and women.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 May 2026
  • The children had finished school for the day and were headed to a blacksmith to have their horse fitted with new shoes.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2019
  • There is a reason why preparatory schools and finishing schools emerged.
    — Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Perhaps every club should put their keepers through finishing school.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Among the most common are adult-children who have finished school but continue to live with their parents.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2019
  • If black people would just move to the suburbs, marry, finish school, train up and play by the rules, the gap would vanish.
    — Calvin Schermerhorn, Twin Cities, 27 June 2019
  • In that time, the Martins managed to stay healthy, settle business and finish school.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2020
  • Rodriguez-Lopez dreamed of owning a house and finishing school, Quiroz said.
    — oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The class of 2020 is not the first bunch of graduates to finish school at a deeply uneasy time.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 June 2020
  • The salad sits on a puddle of toum mixed with tahini and eats like a gyro — a gyro sent to finishing school, that is.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The fall league, which is considered a finishing school for baseball’s top prospects, was not played last year due to the pandemic.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Dortmund were once a finishing school for the next generation of talent.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Most students have finished school for the semester and are out of town for Memorial Day.
    — Delaney Strunk, CNN, 23 June 2019
  • Experts and advocates say those who marry young are less likely to finish school and are vulnerable to abuse.
    — Talia Kirkland, Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • Frank's mother grew up in and around Prague and attended finishing school in Switzerland.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2023
  • Most of its members have not finished school, said the group’s vice president, Drissa Keita.
    — Anna Pujol-Mazzini, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • Lu's wife, 31-year-old Yang Li, was inside their home waiting for their 7-year-old son to finish school.
    — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 24 June 2018
  • All the research shows that students like her might take a really long time to finish school, and at the same time, that degree will really pay off for her.
    — Marcella Bombardieri, The Atlantic, 30 May 2018
  • That is often billed as a finishing school for footballing talent, but graduates inevitably remain rough around the edges.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Many students are already working in aviation while finishing school.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • With most students taking the traditional path of finishing school in the Spring, there was a much smaller crowd.
    — Jj Rosen, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
  • At the same time, young ladies of marriageable age flocked to this city to attend finishing schools, all while being on the lookout for a suitable husband.
    — Yolanda Evans, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Hemsworth is a genial and disarming presence who has also for more than a decade been locked into the ultimate movie-star finishing school.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Now in the care of her two older brothers, who want to ship her off to a finishing school, Enola escapes through London to find her mom.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 June 2020
  • Sierra Vista High senior Johnny Sen had all but given up on the idea of finishing school.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2021
  • Her mother was the one who elected for a move to Atlanta, where Tierra finished school, worked, and began recording music.
    — Ivie Ani, Teen Vogue, 10 Mar. 2020

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