How to Use field trip in a Sentence

field trip

noun
  • We went on a field trip.
  • We took a class field trip to the power plant.
  • But the bones of Meraxes were found on the first day of a 2012 field trip.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Leo goes on a field trip with the class, and Remi is nowhere to be found.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 May 2022
  • For the first time in months, Ms. Carol Smith’s fourth-grade class heads out for a field trip.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The message was clear: This is not a leisurely class field trip.
    Scott Miller, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Cost is $495 and includes snacks, lunch, two t-shirts, and all field trips.
    Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Decades ago, Earth Day meant planting a tree on a school field trip.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The game itself is a lesson in physics, ideal for a high school field trip.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 28 June 2022
  • The early start was to allow for groups of school children to attend the game as a field trip.
    Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Go on a field trip to enjoy lunch, games and a tour at Spry Senior.
    cleveland, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The nine-month program was nearly over when he was taken on a field trip to a naval base.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The middle schooler is used to things not going his way, but a class field trip to the Met in New York City is a doozy.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The students had returned from a class field trip to see a play in Washington, D.C.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Which is the sort of thing Stefanski hoped to accomplish on the team’s field trip.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 15 June 2022
  • The students leave the field trips with seeds, saplings, and tips on how to plant native trees on common lands in their own villages.
    Mahima Jain, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Earlier in the day, at around 2:43 p.m., a child slipped on wet leaves and fell while hiking Mount Monadnock on a field trip.
    Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Volunteer to assist with school events such as field day, a field trip, or the school carnival.
    Dr. Shanessa Fenner, Essence, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Jones,a former player on the school's football team, was one of about a dozen students who traveled by bus on a class field trip.
    Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The lights are dim, a few couples meander past, and a group of kids on a field trip is being shepherded around.
    Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • Once, during a field trip in the third grade, Kobabe went topless to play in a river, and was scolded by a teacher.
    New York Times, 1 May 2022
  • This is more than a place for your fourth grader’s field trip (though those will always be popular).
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
  • Kate Middleton and Prince William kicked off the weekend with a meaningful field trip with their three kids.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 July 2023
  • Registration is open for both the webinars and the field trip.
    Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Hernández’ idea is to use it for field trips, like a trip to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • At the beginning of the dream, Angela is supervising some sort of field trip—a bunch of teen-agers packed onto a school bus.
    Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Conlon had bought tickets to attend the Rockettes Christmas show with her daughter as part of a Girl Scouts field trip.
    Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The three football players were fatally shot on a charter bus that had just returned to the U-Va. campus from a field trip on Nov. 13.
    Justin Jouvenal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Alex takes the Ducks on an unsanctioned field trip, hoping some legendary hockey magic will turn the team around.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Nyong'o plays a kindergarten teacher, who is taking her class on a field trip when the zombie outbreak begins.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022

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