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.
  • Just pay the school to move the graduation for a week!
    — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That said, there’s no rule book for graduation.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • My graduation day was supposed to be your best day in high school.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His first day in the courtroom was his high school graduation day.
    — April Helms, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Keep on scrolling and treat yourself to the cutest graduation gifts for her.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 28 Feb. 2023
  • This book comes out within a month of her high school graduation.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Monday is more a graduation for them than an end, though.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Need a high school graduation gift or gift for an 18-year-old?
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Little kids line up in white graduation caps and gowns.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, overall graduation rates have held steady.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
  • And the students did all seem to have jobs lined up after graduation.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • That our graduation might just be taken back.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Only half of the class had full-time jobs six months after graduation.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The state has some of the lowest graduation rates and highest dropout rates.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Her graduation stole proudly draped on her gown.
    — Camelia Heins, Daily News, 19 May 2026
  • Danquah said her aunt's efforts for her graduation meant so much to her.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Your next graduation may be the most important one yet.
    — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Students pose by the bald heads for graduation photos or rub them for good luck on exams.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • Those rules don’t include a reading of their names at graduation.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • This will be the first of such graduations that will happen almost yearly for some time.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Why do people wear white to graduation?
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • Both teams have noted personnel changes due to graduation on both sides of the ball.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Over the summer, the school had a small leak, and the collection of graduation garb got wet.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For my high school graduation, my parents gave me the largest suitcase ever made.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
  • These gifts are the perfect thing for any med school graduation, and many can also be purchased at the last minute.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 8 Oct. 2022
  • There was no slowing down for him after graduation.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, classes are canceled and graduation for the fourth graders is on hold.
    — Deborah Gaines, CBS News, 26 May 2022

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