On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Schoolmasters. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Schoolmasters meaning
plural of schoolmaster
Using Schoolmasters
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of schoolmaster
- In the example corpus, schoolmasters often appears in combinations such as: of schoolmasters, schoolmasters union.
Context around Schoolmasters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Schoolmasters
- In this selection, "schoolmasters" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, armourers, successful, union and involved stand out and add context to how "schoolmasters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include association of schoolmasters union of and ministers and schoolmasters who were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "schoolmasters" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with schoolmasters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We’re used to finger-wagging front-page politicians hectoring us like schoolmasters while making obscure and unverifiable claims. (19 words)
Unlike many schoolmasters of the time, Priestley taught his students natural philosophy and even bought scientific instruments for them. (19 words)
Fifty-one members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers took part in a picket line as they waved flags outside the school gates yesterday morning. (29 words)
During the early months of the Protectorate, a set of "triers" was established to assess the suitability of future parish ministers, and a related set of "ejectors" was set up to dismiss ministers and schoolmasters who were deemed unsuitable for office. (41 words)
Victor Lowe, Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and his Work, Vol I (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1985), 13. Whitehead himself recalled both of them as being very successful schoolmasters, but that his grandfather was the more extraordinary man. (39 words)
Junior warrant officers Other warrant officers included surgeon's mates, boatswain's mates and carpenter's mates, sailmakers, armourers, schoolmasters (involved in the education of boys, midshipmen and others aboard ship) and clerks. (33 words)
Example sentences (6)
Fifty-one members of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers took part in a picket line as they waved flags outside the school gates yesterday morning.
We’re used to finger-wagging front-page politicians hectoring us like schoolmasters while making obscure and unverifiable claims.
During the early months of the Protectorate, a set of "triers" was established to assess the suitability of future parish ministers, and a related set of "ejectors" was set up to dismiss ministers and schoolmasters who were deemed unsuitable for office.
Junior warrant officers Other warrant officers included surgeon's mates, boatswain's mates and carpenter's mates, sailmakers, armourers, schoolmasters (involved in the education of boys, midshipmen and others aboard ship) and clerks.
Unlike many schoolmasters of the time, Priestley taught his students natural philosophy and even bought scientific instruments for them.
Victor Lowe, Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and his Work, Vol I (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1985), 13. Whitehead himself recalled both of them as being very successful schoolmasters, but that his grandfather was the more extraordinary man.
Common combinations with schoolmasters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of schoolmasters 2×
- schoolmasters union 2×