How to Use librarian in a Sentence

librarian

noun
  • Next to me on the bench is Óscar, a librarian, in wool and a beret.
    — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The sons say the boys used it to make an obscene gesture to the school librarian.
    — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The librarian stood on a platform and jumped into a green pad off of a beam.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Johnson is the first Black person to be the city's top librarian.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • My class was looking for our next read when the librarian screamed.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The group helps train librarians and fund libraries across the country.
    — USA TODAY, 2 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
  • Patrons had to ask a librarian for a copy, and if a teenager checked out the book, the library mailed a card to the parents to inform them.
    — oregonlive, 27 Apr. 2022
  • That’s because his name was mentioned very little in the first season of the show, but he was best known as the librarian.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Mary Kay, a librarian, and her friends aren’t having it.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Hayden, the librarian of Congress, asked him to play just one more.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Lorie Kloda said that, for 20 years, being a librarian was core to her sense of self—but that’s no longer the case.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 23 May 2022
  • Both events will be led by the children’s librarian and will run from Feb. 8 until April 6.
    — courant.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Martha Hickson, a high school librarian in New Jersey for more than a decade, called it the worst year of her working life.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • Gary, the librarian, has a serious crush on Terry, and there’s a scene towards the end of the movie where there’s some talk of dating.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 31 July 2024
  • Abrams, the daughter of a research librarian, grew up with a thirst for reading.
    — Tanya Christian, Glamour, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The librarian with her perfect, polished hair up in a bun.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The art of collage, a collection, is similar to the life of a librarian.
    — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Then the woman called out Ms. Hickson, who is the librarian there, by name, for allowing her 16-year-old son to check out the books.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • No one wants to enjoy a free park entry only to accrue the late fee wrath of a librarian.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
  • President Bradford’s killer turned out to be — one last spoiler warning — one of the men who helped build their bunker and who had been disguised as the local librarian for three years.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Per a grant request from the state agency reviewed by Axios, the 2024 money was earmarked to improve access for Texans to literacy and workforce readiness, as well as to help train librarians.
    — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'librarian.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: