How to Use scoutmaster in a Sentence

scoutmaster

noun
  • My scoutmaster pulled it out of his drab green scout pants and held it aloft.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The scoutmaster called up two children to present badges to her and the princess.
    — The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Gayle was in sixth grade when the first scoutmaster fondled him while on a camping trip.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2020
  • And about a scoutmaster who tried, and failed, to get Menna to submit to a background check.
    — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Again, he was taken to a cabin, this time in the presence of an assistant scoutmaster.
    — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2020
  • That’s the beginning of a five-star review left by an assistant scoutmaster, who logs lots of miles on the trails with their troop.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Wilson has shared his own story of childhood abuse at the hands of his adoptive father, who was also his scoutmaster.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Wilson has shared his own story of childhood abuse by his adoptive father, who was also his scoutmaster.
    — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Her dad and uncles were Eagle Scouts, and her grandfather was their scoutmaster.
    — Anjali Huynh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Most scoutmasters serve for a max of three to five years, usually resigning after their sons age out of the program at 18.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
  • Several older boys dressed as Indians rowed the boat as a scoutmaster wearing a headdress and held a torch.
    — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
  • However, the scoutmaster for Troop 76, says the incident has been overblown.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence.com, 2 July 2018
  • Before the scouts could even get started on their projects their ideas had to be approved by their scoutmaster and the local roundtable of scout leaders that only holds meetings once a month.
    — Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The effort that the scoutmaster, other dads and merit badge counselors put in was incredible, and left a legacy of citizenship to us all.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
  • During interviews and on his late night talk show, Leno has thanked both the boyhood Boy Scout troop members and scoutmasters of his learning years.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The man who Toale says abused him is now dead, while the former scoutmaster Schall has accused is retired and living in upstate New York.
    — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Lang also served as an assistant scoutmaster for a Sunnyvale Boy Scout troop in the 1970s.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2017
  • The Supreme Court reversed a lower-court decision that ruled in favor of allowing James Dale to serve as an assistant scoutmaster.
    — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Sakamoto, a schoolteacher and Boy Scout scoutmaster on Maui, developed a training program that included swimming against the current of a drainage ditch.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2022
  • The suit says the abuse took place at an assistant scoutmaster’s home and at Camp Acahela, a Scout retreat in eastern Pennsylvania.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Don Abrahamson, assistant scoutmaster, Troop 73, pointed out that the troop is observing its 25th year this year.
    — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Now, that troop has about eight active Scouts, and the Cub Scout pack is almost nonexistent, said Curran, who recently stepped down as the troop's scoutmaster after his sons aged out.
    — Author: Samantha Schmidt, Kayla Epstein, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Now, that troop has about eight active Scouts, and the Cub Scout pack is almost nonexistent, said Curran, who recently stepped down as the troop’s scoutmaster after his sons aged out.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Imagine, for instance, what would happen if the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts had to operate without troop leaders and scoutmasters who lead camping trips or organize outings.
    — Marlene Walk, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2019
  • According to the Times, Assistant scoutmaster David Reed also pleaded guilty to 16 counts of felony molestation and was sentenced to 38 years in prison.
    — Cara Kelly, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Before winning his council seat, Fears was a scoutmaster for several years and worked in several city departments from 1985 to 1993, including the Department of Finance.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The disoriented hiker was 78-year-old Douglas Montgomery, an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster who had trekked the same woods with Troop 10 of Burlingame, California, in the 1960s.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2025

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