How to Use librarian in a Sentence

librarian

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  • Next to me on the bench is Óscar, a librarian, in wool and a beret.
    — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And the best part were the new friends my librarian introduced me to, like Judy Blume and Agatha Christie.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Foote says a librarian's job is to partner with the child and families to find the right book that works for them.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
  • After all, if the search skipped any section, the librarian would know that your book is not in that part of the library.
    — Madison Goldberg, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • It's also revealed that Rachel told the whole school that Ross made out with the librarian.
    — House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Last week, in Rare Books, the five librarians on duty sat on chairs behind the counter.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
  • There’s always one in progress in the reading room, open to all comers, and on chilly days, the librarians light the fireplace.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Either way, libraries and librarians are on the front lines of the book banning war.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Stacks of books sit in the librarian’s office because shelf space has run out.
    — Dua Anjum, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Hayden, the librarian of Congress, asked him to play just one more.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The law puts librarians at risk of going to jail for a year based on a one-sided process of complaint and review, Adams said.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2023
  • The art of collage, a collection, is similar to the life of a librarian.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Winlock said that's led some to a career as a librarian.
    — The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that’s why this Florida librarian had to quit.
    — Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Born in 1983 as the only son of a librarian and a nurse, Zhang came of age in a China flush with reform and newfound connections to the West.
    — Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Ask Terri Eberly the librarian to show you the first editions.
    — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • No one will worry about that box besides me, and one day my inner bad librarian may feel ready to throw it away.
    — Paul Ford, WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • The head librarian, Katharine Scoggin, said the same thing when Tucker questioned her.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Since the requests were made, some parents and librarians opposed to the removals have shown up at school board meetings.
    — Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The retired librarian ran the show — first to arrive, fast with banter and quick with his signature two-thumbs up.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2023
  • And there is more: Lucy (Mattfeld), the local librarian, is struggling with the death of her fiancé two years before.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2023
  • So the parent in that model, which is not unusual, will express to the librarian, or in the case of the older child, the child will tell the librarian.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In the old days, says Caldwell-Stone, a parent might find his or her child reading a book, look it over, and bring a concern to a teacher or librarian.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In February and March 2022, the board banned staff librarians and the public from attending the board's meetings.
    — Niki Griswold, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Wendy Dunn is a teen programming librarian with the Fort Worth Library.
    — Wendy Dunn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • For a decade, my next door neighbor at the farmers market was my kindergarten librarian.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
  • And Nicole Cooke, a school librarian who was districtwide teacher of the year in 2022, said teachers are not respected in Newport News schools.
    — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Students also wanted to read more books by the same author or on the same topic, and the school librarian was scrambling to respond to their requests.
    — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Darwin is a retired librarian who runs a 37-acre farm in Chelsea, Michigan, with her husband, Bill.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Soon after, one of the college’s librarians took over as the library board president.
    — Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024

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