How to Use schoolgirl in a Sentence

schoolgirl

noun
  • As a schoolgirl, Muriel was revered by staff and pupils alike.
    — Frances Wilson september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His cousin was among the six slain, along with a schoolgirl hit by stray gunfire.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • This little clip adds a hint of edge to make any look less schoolgirl and more punk rock.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 12 May 2017
  • The women giggle like schoolgirls as they are pulled down the slick lane.
    — Lynn Ischay, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2019
  • In May, a man stabbed 17 schoolgirls, killing one of them and an adult.
    — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 17 July 2019
  • The bold manicure added an edgy twist to her schoolgirl costume.
    — Hannah Kerns, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There’s nothing so cutting as the words spoken to you as a teenage schoolgirl, are there?
    — Claire Cohen, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Mourners in Minab buried the schoolgirls and staff on March 3.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Amy*, 28, was a schoolgirl when her teacher locked her in a classroom and raped her.
    — Jenn Selby, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Still, the schoolgirl jumped from the back seat and pulled the key from the ignition, stopping the car from rolling.
    — Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Shannon got a movie out her portrayal of a Catholic schoolgirl who smelled her armpits.
    — Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Two years before the murder, he was charged with trying to abduct a schoolgirl who stood less than 5 feet.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The plummeting object missed her but hit a nearby house, killing a fifth-grade schoolgirl.
    — Martin Fackler, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Flashlight tag is an oldie but goodie and will have parents giggling like schoolgirls along with their kids.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Two 14-year old boys have been found guilty in the murder of a schoolgirl in Ireland.
    — Megan Marples and Erica Hernandez, CNN, 19 June 2019
  • Either they are seen as a dumb in love schoolgirl or a mercenary out to advance her own career.
    — Julie Ma, The Cut, 19 Oct. 2017
  • In one scene, a schoolgirl is drugged and raped after a party, and the film of her assault is used to blackmail her.
    — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The schoolgirl Yasmin, still in awe of her parents’ true love, writes a short story for class about it.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • As an object of desire, the schoolgirl is familiar enough—as a subject in her own right, less so.
    — Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Those schoolgirl blazers are on the top of many wish lists, as are the army green cargo pants and the simple, striped turtlenecks.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2017
  • King’s character is a real piece of work, wearing a black bob and pink schoolgirl-style getup.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In the film’s opening scene, a white schoolgirl recites a list of the materials.
    — Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Malala Yousafzai was a schoolgirl in Pakistan when the Taliban took over her town.
    — Martha Shade, CNN, 3 Mar. 2021
  • This afternoon, old men wilt in a cleft in the rocks, and a schoolgirl hauls a plastic bag heavy with one fat octopus.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The search for the abducted schoolgirls is still underway.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Most of the schoolgirls from Dapchi were returned by the militants themselves.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • The bomb missed its target, but 21 people were wounded and a 12-year-old schoolgirl was killed.
    — New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • One morning the Maine schoolgirl woke up wondering if this very day might be the last one for all of humanity.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 10 May 2018
  • Some of the schoolgirls taken in the Chibok mass abduction were forced to marry their captors.
    — Sam Olukoya, The Seattle Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Frozan, who goes by one name, is the first schoolgirl in northern Balkh province's Marmul district to keep bees.
    — Zabihullah Noori, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2018

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