1
: a formal dance given by a high school or college class
2
British
: promenade sense 2
Examples of prom in a Sentence
Noun
Are you going to the prom?
he resolved to ask her to the school prom at the first opportunity
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Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
In June 2015, the couple attended prom, wearing a matching teal dress and tie.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Russell, who spent her teen years in Colorado, hadn’t gone to her own prom.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Perms have become a pop culture memory that many prefer to forget, or at least joke about while looking back at their 1980s prom albums.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
By the end of the morning session, I had been turned down more times than a lowly high school sophomore trying to get a date for the prom.
—Jj Rosen, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
In June 2015, the couple attended prom, wearing a matching teal dress and tie.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Russell, who spent her teen years in Colorado, hadn’t gone to her own prom.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Perms have become a pop culture memory that many prefer to forget, or at least joke about while looking back at their 1980s prom albums.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prom
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“Prom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prom. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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