How to Use librarian in a Sentence

librarian

noun
  • If the librarians did not comply, they could be charged with a crime.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • My class was looking for our next read when the librarian screamed.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The librarian stood on a platform and jumped into a green pad off of a beam.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The librarian told me that no one had ever asked to see them before.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • The sons say the boys used it to make an obscene gesture to the school librarian.
    — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Next to me on the bench is Óscar, a librarian, in wool and a beret.
    — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • For some reason, the librarian at the time never stamped the book with a due date.
    — The Columbian, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Learn the names of the baristas or librarians.
    — Aaron Hurst, Big Think, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Stacks of books sit in the librarian’s office because shelf space has run out.
    — Dua Anjum, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2023
  • There are a full-time librarian and part-time staff at that location.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • There were countless librarians who helped shape my love of reading over the years.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The group helps train librarians and fund libraries across the country.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Check out the website for your local library or stop by and ask a librarian.
    — WIRED, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The librarian, in turn, accused the preacher of book theft.
    — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • Either way, libraries and librarians are on the front lines of the book banning war.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
  • It’s designed for librarians who are trying to put something on a shelf, find it and put it back right away.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • When Brown asked to see the cache of papers, the librarian grilled her about her motives.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Remember, librarians are on the front lines of fighting for our right to read.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Foote says a librarian's job is to partner with the child and families to find the right book that works for them.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Abrams, the daughter of a research librarian, grew up with a thirst for reading.
    — Tanya Christian, Glamour, 17 Dec. 2021
  • No one wants to enjoy a free park entry only to accrue the late fee wrath of a librarian.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Johnson is the first Black person to be the city's top librarian.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The librarian sat me in front of a microfilm reader and brought out roll after roll of film.
    — Eugene Robinson, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Hayden, the librarian of Congress, asked him to play just one more.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Janssen took on grant writing with the help of a friend who is a retired librarian and had worked for a grant-writing group.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • After all, if the search skipped any section, the librarian would know that your book is not in that part of the library.
    — Madison Goldberg, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The librarian on the phone chuckled.
    — Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
  • Moms for Liberty is one of the best known to school and public librarians.
    — Abigail Leigh Phillips, The Conversation, 23 Feb. 2026
  • For a decade, my next-door neighbor at the farmers market was my kindergarten librarian.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
  • That’s because his name was mentioned very little in the first season of the show, but he was best known as the librarian.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025

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