Sentence examples for poor scholar from inspiring English sources

I bought Benedict Kiely's 'Poor Scholar' and a mystery story by Patricia Highsmith.

"Romana Barrack is a poor scholar – she suffers from lack of concentration," read one report.

A poor scholar went to a banquet and saw sesame seeds scattered on the table.

Or he reads philosophy from books his father held as collateral from a poor scholar.

Returning to school in Amsterdam, Van Dantzig proved a poor scholar, uninterested in most of his schoolwork.

Ms. McDormand was a poor scholar except in English, and so, a self-described nerd, she took refuge in books.

Poor scholars are sometimes invited to join the family dinner as representatives of the ushpizin.

Independent schools like Eton were set up to educate not the children of toffs, but "poor scholars".

Eton seems unlikely to return soon to its core purpose as decreed by Henry VI: the education of poor scholars.

Dulwich College was set up by the impresario Edward Alleyn for "poor scholars" from London's toughest boroughs.

Brace yourself St Louis blues Why textbooks cost so much Not so horny A genie of jest Chuck Hagel's world ReprintsBut hope is not lost for poor scholars.