How to Use graduation in a Sentence

graduation

noun

• They took lots of pictures at their son's graduation.
• He joined the navy after graduation.
• We had a party to celebrate her graduation from high school.
• 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
• 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
• After losing many of the state’s top players to graduation, West Linn has a hungry crew of new faces looking to defend the championship.
  — Shane Hoffmann | , oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
• But the Wildcats had a gaping hole following the graduation of four-year starter Emily Fisher last year.
  — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Benet Although the Redwings (37-5) lost three of their top five attackers to graduation, the defending Class 4A state runners-up have the talent to make a run at the state title.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• And a graduate and his father were killed by shooters after a high school graduation in Richmond in June.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• For hers, the proud mom shared a montage of photos from Evan's childhood, as well as a series of pictures and videos from his graduation ceremony.
  — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
• Now and then, a host will issue instructions that guests should not bring presents to the celebration of a birthday, graduation or wedding.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024