How to Use study hall in a Sentence

study hall

noun
  • She got in trouble for talking in study hall.
  • I have study hall next period.
  • My study hall starts at 11:04.
  • Kyle had finished his work in a study hall and was watching friends play chess as the end of the school day neared.
    — Anne Geggis, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
  • One of those jobs was as a night janitor at the study halls at KU.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The shooting took place in a study hall where students of different ages were present.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Barnes said the shooting took place during study hall with multiple grades in the room.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • After school, the dining room table would become grounds for a group study hall.
    — Malika Andrews, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Once, during study hall, a student approached him and compared him to a slave.
    — oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Each study hall provides lessons in writing, English and math.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The schools are providing training during lunch and study halls.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Police said the shooting took place in a classroom during a study hall session.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • One person in an adjacent room was injured when a bullet went through the wall of the study hall.
    — Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Zal is a Yiddish word for a sort-of study hall that doubles as a gathering place.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The shooter was in a study hall classroom with students from various grades.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Peter, who Aaron described as brave, was in study hall when the shooting started.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Or sticking around in a hotel conference room after a film session for study hall.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • The teen is alleged to have opened fire with a handgun in a study hall at the school, before turning her weapon on herself.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • These days, his classes are taught by a substitute who asks students to use the time as a study hall period.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • This will include the removal of rear classrooms that exist inside former study hall space.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • The shooting took place inside a study hall classroom full of students from multiple grades.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The class period serves as a homeroom or study hall period, Duff said.
    — Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • John Wilford was in a study hall when police evacuated the class.
    — Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • And these are little things, but showing up on time for study hall or class or weights or treatment, going to breakfast and lunch.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The shooting took place inside a study hall filled with students from different grades, Barnes said.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
  • When gunfire broke out at Parkland, Peter was in study hall, playing chess with a friend.
    — Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Students take shifts using their study hall period to work the businesses.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Students were randomly assigned to one of three groups during their study hall periods.
    — Supreet Kaur, Scientific American, 10 June 2026
  • But at points during the day, there were logjams in the library-- which was serving as a study hall for as many as 40 students at a time.
    — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Missy Dodds was a math teacher, holding seventh-period study hall, when the shots rang out.
    — Scott McLean and Rachel Clarke, CNN, 23 Mar. 2018

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