How to Use semester in a Sentence

semester

noun
  • Through late nights and long semesters, Ren never left his side.
    — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Spring gave way to the end of the semester and exams and all that.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • The semester ends the last week of April.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But while fill rates rose in the second semester, so did the need for subs.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 28 June 2022
  • By the time school opened the next semester, the two were a couple.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
  • By then, school had ended for the semester and his room had been cleaned out.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2022
  • It has been lectured and assigned in classrooms for six semesters straight.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The grade might even be higher next semester.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • On one of the last days of the fall semester, students brought their own cars to the shop.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The board wants to name the next president in time for the start of the fall semester.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The whole semester, just one parent had to come collect a phone.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Each semester a new chef-instructor takes the helm and shapes the menu.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • One lucky student will have the chance to win free spring semester tuition.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The spring semester shows may be announced in a few weeks, Beasley says.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The paper has been since been allowed to print through the spring semester.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
  • During the spring semester, the clinic runs four days a week.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This spring was supposed to be my nephew’s last semester of high school in Kyiv.
    — Sasha Vasilyuk, Time, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The arrangement will be in place for at least five semesters beginning this month.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2026
  • And maybe by the time the next semester begins, there is a cease-fire in Gaza.
    — CBS News, 4 May 2024
  • Spending some time those first few weeks of fall semester is a great idea, says Page.
    — Sara Gaynes Levy, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • Back home between semesters his freshman year in college, stoned every day, he was lost.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That means the school won’t be able to open for the fall 2022 semester.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2021
  • That day came in the 2024 spring semester.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Only at the end of the semester did someone point out the sign to its victim.
    — Sebastian Mallaby, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Gomez did an exchange program there for a semester.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • One semester in college, Keefer’s game fell apart.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Garber stressed the pause is temporary but could last as long as to the end of the semester.
    — Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Nesbitt has been the interim dean since the end of the spring semester.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The field trip is a source of insight that carries through the entire semester.
    — David Yamane, The Conversation, 26 June 2023
  • Students must have full-time enrollment during fall/spring semesters.
    — Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025

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