HEADMASTER in a Sentence

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For HEADMASTER, below is one of 13 sentences:
The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.

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 Meanings and Examples of HEADMASTER
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headmaster
 n.  presiding officer of a school
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Example Sentence:
1  I asked my headmaster if he could arrange a collection for a refugee charity.
2  The headmaster decided to make an example of the pupil and expel him from the school.
3  The headmaster had made an example of him by scolding him in front of the whole school.
4  That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
5  Last night the headmaster promised a full investigation.
6  Our headmaster rattled on for at least two hours at the opening ceremony.
7  He read off the names on the list in the headmaster's presence.
8  The headmaster is a powerful man.
9  Our teacher has been promoted to headmaster.
10  I was ushered into the headmaster's office by my teacher.
11  The headmaster has made a decision of suspension of a pupil from school.
12  The headmaster's austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly.
13  The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.