How to Use grade in a Sentence

grade

1 of 2 noun

• The fifth grade will perform their annual play this week.
• Her grades are up this semester.
• Group projects in school have grades as the stakes.
  — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• The event is open to kids from birth to fifth grade.
  — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 31 Mar. 2026
• The school is for grades preschool through 8th grade.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
• My son is a third grade teacher.
  — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
• Let’s bust out the red ink and slap some grades on this trade.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• His first days of second grade.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
• The letter grades are not yet set in stone.
  — Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
• These two plays alter the grade here.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
• These classes start in the first grade.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
• This grade feels like a no-brainer.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
• What kind of grades did the pirate get in school?
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• This is where a higher fare grade can make sense.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• Nobody's putting that grade on the fridge.
  — Sam Saideman, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• By ninth grade, her mind was settled.
  — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
• One smart eighth-grade girl got it in two minutes.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
• Their twins, now in first grade, went to the school from ages three to five.
  — Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
• Less than half can read, write or do math at grade level.
  — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
• Which Buc-ee’s stores got an F grade?
  — Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Let’s bust out the red pen and get the trade grades flowing.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• Tha was placed in that sixth grade honors math class two years ago.
  — Talia Richman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Some can’t read at an 8th-grade level.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
• Shrimp and pork sat in non-food grade bags in a chest freezer.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
• The 3rd grade class has shown even larger gains in math.
  — Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
• That’s the kind of failing grade that ends drives and spoils red zone trips.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• That, folks, was grade-A gaslighting.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Students who earn the same number of points get the same grade.
  — Mitch Zimmer, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
• However, his pass rush grade was tops on the team.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• With that in mind, here are some very outstanding grades.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026

grade

2 of 2 verb

• How would you grade your meal on a scale from one to five?
• The eggs are graded according to size.
• She hasn't finished grading the exams.
• Students will be graded on their reading ability.
• Let’s grab the red ink and grade the trade.
  — Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• The rest of the world won’t grade on a curve.
  — John Shallman, Daily News, 30 May 2026
• Is their grading harsh or fair?
  — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• He's held to the curve, he's graded on a curve.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• The crowd cheered—grading on a curve, was my first thought.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
• How did pundits grade the Fudd pick?
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
• What are Ohio schools graded on?
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2025
• Brugler has Smack graded as a sixth-round prospect.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• Rice has graded out well as a blocker, too.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
• All 32 teams will not grade these edge rushers the same.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• All 32 teams will not grade these edge rushers the same.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• In fact, doctors grade it by degree.
  — Ryan Brennan june 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
• In fact, doctors grade it by degree.
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
• The team’s running backs were among the worst-graded in the league.
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
• Cruise ships were graded on a 100-point scale.
  — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
• Sure, Stowers doesn’t grade out well as a blocker.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
• Dane graded their 2022 class the league’s best.
  — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• There is no such thing as an ‘A+’ in this grading system.
  — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• The event is graded by two judges whose scored are averaged.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
• The next day, Jade’s husband was supposed to grade this stretch.
  — Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• Smith explains to home cooks how oysters and crabs are graded and how to clean each.
  — Andrea Weigl, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Change the tape grading scale for current players and prospects.
  — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• There is no ‘A+’ in this grading system.
  — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
• Do not grade your AI program by the demo.
  — Irfan Khan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• But the machinery of grading churns on.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
• We are being graded on the second.
  — Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026