How to Use proving ground in a Sentence

proving ground

noun

• The meet against the Tigers is the perfect proving ground.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022
• The top high school prospects bounce from one proving ground to the next.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• The proving ground is a historic place, about to turn 100 years old next year.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
• After four years of ups and downs with the Bulls, Cleveland can be his proving ground.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
• The fight to eradicate polio is a proving ground, a test.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2013
• Tenured teachers who lost their jobs on the proving ground area lost their tenure.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2021
• World War II was a proving ground for blood banks and antibiotics.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2021
• Few places would seem like a tougher proving ground for keeping the faith than working in a restaurant.
  — Sarah Parvinistaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• Next Wednesday’s game against Valley Vista serves as a proving ground in lieu of the Perry game.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2022
• The World Games is a proving ground and demonstration site for sports hoping to be featured in the Olympics or get back there.
  — al, 19 July 2022
• Gould, the Dugway commander, said the event only spanned about half the proving ground’s vast airspace.
  — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2021
• Next spring marks the 25th anniversary of Toyota’s proving ground in Wittman.
  — Ottavia Zappala, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2017
• But for Schantz, these matches are a valuable proving ground.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
• In the past years of tensions with its neighbor, Russia has used Ukraine as a proving ground for some of its techniques.
  — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2022
• But Schantz is a perfectionist and San Diego is a proving ground.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2021
• In 1965, there were some strange cars puttering along the track at Ford's Dearborn, MI, proving grounds.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2015
• While there are proving grounds all over the country, New York City is its epicenter.
  — Salamishah Tillet, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• While there are proving grounds all over the country, New York City is its epicenter.
  — Nia Decaille, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• While there are proving grounds all over the country, New York is its epicenter.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• And in that case, Relativity's true proving ground will be on the launch pad.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Feb. 2022
• So the DC Circuit is a proving ground for a potential justice?
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2022
• The moon is viewed as a proving ground for strategies and technologies before going on to Mars.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
• And while battle rap has proving grounds all over the country, New York is its epicenter.
  — Ben Barzilai Christopher Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• The French capital has, after all, been the most fertile proving ground in world soccer for years.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• By dint of these factors, blood cancers have long served as a proving ground for new cancer treatments.
  — Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2020
• More than ever, August is a proving ground for end-of-roster decisions rather than battles at the top of the depth chart.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
• The Musketeers' first proving ground of the postseason?
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• City Lights became a proving ground for bohemian and Beat writers and artists.
  — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
• In 1997, Army and Aearo officials met for the first time to discuss a dual-ended earplug at an Army proving ground in Maryland.
  — Mike Hughlett, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
• Instead of a buzzsaw that tears through No. 1 lines, Cassidy’s fourth line has been a proving ground for rookies.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024