How to Use graduation in a Sentence

graduation

noun

• We had a party to celebrate her graduation from high school.
• Students pose by the bald heads for graduation photos or rub them for good luck on exams.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
• Miss Manners would not have thought that college graduation would bring this on.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
• The mood at the graduation was somber as his family received his diploma on his behalf.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
• The fizzy alcoholic beverage kicks off weddings, graduations, new jobs, and new homes.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 July 2024
• Reading the words that deviated from the preapproved graduation script, Sissoko tried not to cry.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 28 May 2024
• This past spring, Cicchetti saw her daughter walk at graduation and receive her diploma, yet the services the two fought for had still not been guaranteed to the school district.
  — Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
• The state has some of the lowest graduation rates and highest dropout rates.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
• Mitty might take a slight step back with the graduation of three starters, but the Monarchs should still be the class of the Bay Area.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• From Peru to Paris, these are some of the best trips to take after graduation.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2024
• Get ready to throw your graduation caps in the air, because the Boys are going to college.
  — Carson Burton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• The plan had been high school graduation, a scholarship to Stanford and then the pros.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• As a result, Carter said Justin could not attend the school’s career day, the end-of-year dance, and missed his eighth-grade graduation.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
• The brief shows that UW-Madison has a nearly 76% four-year graduation rate.
  — Benjamin Yount | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
• Dufner went pro soon after graduation, and has five PGA tour wins to date.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• This time, the Pirates (2-2) built an early lead and never let up against a squad that lost 25 players to graduation.
  — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• Setting the film right before a high school graduation was the first sentence of the idea, with Joe about to be an empty nester and looking at all that hasn’t been said.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
• So why not show them a little extra love with a unique gift during graduation or end-of-the-school-year season?
  — Women's Health, 4 May 2023
• The babies wore pink and blue caps and gowns as part of a graduation ceremony from the hospital.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• His father, by then old and frail, asked Breaux to return home after graduation to help out.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
• Opt for a baby blanket as the gift wrap for a little one’s gift, or a college t-shirt to wrap a graduation gift, for example.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Dec. 2023
• Then there is what comes after graduation in June — including a trip to Japan.
  — Ivan Orozco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
• Bo was his ace and full of laughter until he got called up to Vietnam, after graduation.
  — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
• His first branding agency job after graduation was with the firm Wolff Olins.
  — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• With the graduation of the sixth cohort this June, Schwarzman Scholars has nearly eight hundred alumni spread across the globe.
  — Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2023
• She was last seen with van der Sloot on the Caribbean island nation during a high school graduation trip in May 2005.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
• My mother and mother-in-law flew separately to my graduation from the other side of the country.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2023
• Yasmeen had a job lined up after graduation, and her boyfriend had warned her not to risk jeopardizing it.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
• The two remained friends throughout high school but lost touch after graduation.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
• And after losing several of their top weapons to graduation, the Cavaliers have ushered in a host of new faces.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024