How to Use salutatorian in a Sentence

salutatorian

noun
  • Payne is the salutatorian and Fadden is in the top 15 percent of the class.
    Mark Fadden, star-telegram.com, 7 May 2017
  • That would make sense for the speech of a salutatorian.
    Nyssa Kruse, courant.com, 22 June 2018
  • Alyssa Kraus, the salutatorian, discussed the impact the passing of student Joshua Evan Hamer had on her and her classmates.
    David Anderson, The Aegis, 27 May 2018
  • Jonathon Terrill, a 32-year-old father of two in Wolfe County, was a high school salutatorian.
    Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2017
  • With a grade-point average of 4.48, Sharma was named the class’ salutatorian, or the student with the second highest GPA.
    Lila Seidman, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • Two of those segments — one about the salutatorian in a class of three students and another about a teacher at Fossil High School — are well worth the read/listen.
    oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • One of his best friends is the salutatorian, with Jordan graduating fifth in his class.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity.com, 12 May 2017
  • One incident that caused a stir involved Nacharlesia Floyd, the high school’s salutatorian in 2017, who planned to give a speech that described the struggles of African-American students in the school.
    Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2020
  • In another life, Bev, salutatorian of her high school class, could have followed J.D.’s path.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Figueroa, who was the salutatorian for the class of 2019, was one of five students who participated in a new academic program at St. Joseph.
    Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2019
  • Algabri, the senior class salutatorian, said the camaraderie of the student body helped her succeed.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 May 2018
  • Arleah graduated from Tomball High School in 1953 as the salutatorian of her class.
    Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2020
  • Kasem's speech followed a shorter speech by Zainab Altalaqani, a co-salutatorian and friend.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2019
  • Alison Ramirez Cahuana, the salutatorian of the class, began her speech by remembering some of the specific challenges the class faced as a group.
    Hayley Harding, courant.com, 15 June 2018
  • John Legend was a high-school salutatorian, but would Penn have been obviously wrong to admit him on other grounds?
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019
  • North County-area high schools salute their valedictorians and salutatorians for the Class of 2019.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2019
  • Emily Brady was selected to present the second big student speech as class salutatorian.
    Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 27 May 2017
  • Lucy Fu was the valedictorian and Angie Chen was the salutatorian.
    Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 31 May 2018
  • Kelvin Li was the valedictorian and Jane Boettcher was the salutatorian.
    Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 23 May 2017
  • Five students were honored as class salutatorians after earning the second-highest GPAs with and without grade weighting.
    Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
  • In her remarks not long afterward, Class of 2023 salutatorian Emily Espina-Palma also spoke of her classmates who died.
    Sabby Robinson, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Season's over, so why is Franklin Central salutatorian still running?
    Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2020
  • Warmbier graduated from there in 2013 as class salutatorian and had played soccer.
    Dake Kang, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • Two students — Wesia Malik and Eshaume Wheeler — were both named salutatorians because their grade point averages were within one one-hundredth of a point of each other.
    Dylan McGuinness, courant.com, 20 June 2017
  • As far as her status as the valedictorian of her graduating class at Vanderbilt and his as salutatorian, Mr. Pelster said there has been little kidding about it, at least between the two of them.
    Vincent M. Mallozzi, New York Times, 6 May 2017
  • Twin sisters named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school Twin sisters competed for better grades at their high school.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The class salutatorian, in what was his customary good cheer, delivered a memorable speech, a message of inspiration and friendship.
    Joe Sterling, CNN, 20 June 2017
  • Kyler Smith, the salutatorian of the 2018 graduating class, also delivered a speech before his fellow classmates.
    Jess Nocera, Laurel Leader, 5 June 2018
  • Anna Pham was honored as valedictorian of the class, while Max Bagileo was honored as salutatorian.
    Mary Sullivan, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2021
  • There are a record 176 valedictorians and salutatorians among this year’s freshmen.
    Rick Green, courant.com, 21 Aug. 2019

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