How to Use grade school in a Sentence

grade school

noun
  • The two of them were like rock stars at the parish grade school.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • That’s the only thing that kept me in grade school.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • My mom had a chance to finish grade school; my dad wasn’t so lucky.
    — Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Is this your boss’s daughter or is this your best friend from grade school?
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Friends that will go through grade school, middle school and high school with us.
    — Loren Braunohler, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Steve was kind of like the kids in grade school and the boy pulling your pigtails.
    — Jason Scott, Billboard, 30 June 2018
  • In grade school, Sandy still dressed like a boy and used her male birth name.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2021
  • So all of the grade schools, all of the middle schools and all of the high schools.
    — Sarah Larimer, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Carmen’s head is still down, arms wrapped around her ears like a kid in grade school.
    — Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade school children.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Alex had flown only once since his wife gave birth (the twins are in grade school now).
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The grade school child is already missing friends.
    — Laurie Perez, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Pictured here is the grade school version.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The players found ways on their own to get to the grade school for practices.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • And yes, many of us are still friends with our high school − or even grade school − buddies.
    — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Her daughter is now 6 and attends grade school.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Most of the players were probably in grade school at the time.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • One of the boys at Elena’s grade school had told her that girls don’t play the game.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Many of them, girls and young women, were still in grade school, the others in high school.
    — Bob Hill, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Moore was one of the best players on her basketball team in grade school.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s the sixth and final unit reader of the second grade school year.
    — Trisha Powell Crain | [email protected], al, 20 June 2023
  • Two are adults moving into the college world, and two are in grade school.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Three hours later, flames were visible in the steeple of the old grade school.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • The would-be grade school victim wasn’t real, though, and Det.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Now, some have argued that the flag should be so plain and simple that a grade school child can draw it.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Skits are one-joke bits done in grade school or by guys at the Rotary Club.
    — Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The hip-hop duo met in Harlem as kids in grade school before forming their rap group.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Williams is still in her car, in front of a grade school, waiting on Miss Olympia.
    — Danyel Smith, Essence, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Many of the Sixers, who are the second-youngest team in the league, were still in grade school.
    — Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The pair will also be available in smaller grade school size options.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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