How to Use textbook in a Sentence

textbook

noun
  • Paying for a new textbook should not be added to that list.
    — Austin Barraza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The best ideas don’t come from textbooks or trend reports.
    — Yurii Zinchenko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Those honors could fill a textbook.
    — Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
  • That is a textbook moral hazard.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • More variables than a maths textbook.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Testers loved the chic style and look, with one raving about the textbook fuzzy feel.
    — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Next to the textbook is a large blue rubber eraser.
    — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Physics does not live only in textbooks or exams.
    — Amy Pope, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Never heard of the kid until last night, but that was textbook stuff.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • This is not at all a textbook, but rather an intimate look at a time long gone.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some of life’s most valuable lessons don’t come from a classroom or textbook.
    — Yolanda Harris, AJC.com, 19 June 2026
  • Having to purchase textbooks was new to me.
    — Sami Khan, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Zero textbook costs does not mean no textbook.
    — Sami Khan, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • However, don't throw away your physics textbooks just yet.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
  • This is a textbook public goods problem.
    — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • This is a textbook post-earnings reset.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The ones assuming the mantle from him have lit that textbook on fire.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • It was supposed to be a textbook case of small-screen synergy.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • In my view, this is the premier dinosaur textbook on the market.
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • For much of my childhood, the massacre was not mentioned in my textbooks.
    — Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The costs are passed on, one way or another, just as the textbooks predict.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Middle and high schools provided us with textbooks free of charge.
    — Sami Khan, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Yet this work is not limited to just textbook writing.
    — Austin Barraza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • One scam targets students with a textbook rental and school supplies scheme.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • School districts purchase iPads while textbooks fall apart and roofs leak.
    — Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Students will gain hands-on job training as well as learn through textbooks and lectures.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The most cutting‑edge work in your domain is not going to show up in a textbook anytime soon.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • In science, be able to explain it without the textbook.
    — Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • There’s maybe a textbook way to write a song, which is the chorus just repeats as is every time.
    — Nate Sloan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • These children did not learn about extinction from dry textbooks.
    — Prince Harry, Time, 7 May 2026

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