How to Use scholarship in a Sentence

scholarship

noun
  • The book is about his life and scholarship.
  • The essay is a work of serious scholarship.
  • She got a scholarship to Yale University.
  • The organization is offering five $5,000 scholarships.
  • Each one got a scholarship to a school.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Each one got a scholarship to a school.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • His next goal is to earn a scholarship.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That got him a track scholarship to Army.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • You guys went to see him and also gave his son a scholarship.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • This cannot be achieved without the help of this scholarship.
    — Jennifer Shapiro-Sacks, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • This scholarship is seen as a first step in this pursuit.
    — Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There were eight girls in my class, two of us scholarship students.
    — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Willard and his staff will have to fill a roster that has six open scholarship spots.
    — Ryan McFadden, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2022
  • And so what that’s done is it’s made the scholarship around Black men weak.
    — Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
  • These guys aren’t 19-year-old kids on scholarship.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The amount of the scholarships was not disclosed.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Ross was raped once more in her freshman year and lost her scholarship when her grades slipped.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • There is also a scholarship in his name at Pitt.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • McCarthy is one of just three scholarship passers who made the trip.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2022
  • That’s a key shift in art scholarship that has been underway for some time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • My tuition was fully paid for through scholarships that the school gave me.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Getting a scholarship for college would be a dream come true.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Got a scholarship to the prep school of Julliard.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • His scholarship was off the table.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Some will also be set aside to provide scholarships.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Nestor had been given a scholarship to be a part of the basketball team.
    — Eden Laase, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • For many students, scholarships are part of that story.
    — Marvin Krislov, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Each scholarship is worth $7,295 for the year.
    — Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Gophers have one scholarship spot left.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
  • And her voice was such a gift that five music colleges had offered her scholarships.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

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