How to Use study hall in a Sentence

study hall

noun
Definition of study hallnext
  • She got in trouble for talking in study hall.
  • I have study hall next period.
  • My study hall starts at 11:04.
  • Wake-up for class and study hall at Center Grove High School is 5:15 a.m.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 22 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Once, during study hall, a student approached him and compared him to a slave.
    — oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The evening includes more team meetings and study hall before a 9:45 p.m. curfew.
    — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The ceremony caps a love story that began in the fall of 1955 when the two met in high school during study hall.
    — Craig McDonald, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2019
  • After school, the dining room table would become grounds for a group study hall.
    — Malika Andrews, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Each study hall provides lessons in writing, English and math.
    — Don Behm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Peter, who Aaron described as brave, was in study hall when the shooting started.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Cadet Carlos Gutierrez, 14, was in a study hall when police came to rescue them.
    — Allen G. Breed, The Seattle Times, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The schools are providing training during lunch and study halls.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • When gunfire broke out at Parkland, Peter was in study hall, playing chess with a friend.
    — Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • How many of the people that criticize you would be able to wake up at 6 a.m. to come in to lift, practice, go to school, come back and go to study hall and come back and study film?
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Eli attends just three classes in-person: French, theater and study hall.
    — oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2022
  • John Wilford was in a study hall when police evacuated the class.
    — Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
  • 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
  • While the library is normally the quietest room in the school, her ear-piercing screams sounded more like a horror movie than study hall.
    — Jack Gillum, ProPublica, 25 June 2019
  • There are no plans to cancel the program and turn the Burton and Shenkman facilities into the nation's largest study hall.
    — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 23 June 2019
  • On an upper floor, students lined the carpeted hallways, like an overnight study hall.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • This will include the removal of rear classrooms that exist inside former study hall space.
    — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • The day after the board meeting, dozens of students skipped a study hall period in protest but returned to class after about 15 minutes.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Or sticking around in a hotel conference room after a film session for study hall.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • Nor does the average WeWork have a beit midrash, or Jewish study hall, filled with Torah books and other religious texts.
    — Josefin Dolsten, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • Can’t skirt his homework assignment watching TV, scrolling the internet or playing video games during his one-man study hall, either.
    — Dallas News, 27 July 2022

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