How to Use gymnasium in a Sentence

gymnasium

noun
  • We are shown to two cots at the center of a high-school gymnasium.
    — Ben Marcus, The New Yorker, 19 May 2018
  • Matthew Akins zipped from one end of the noisy gymnasium to the next.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Teams then have to compete for space in the school gymnasium.
    — Kimberly Fornek, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The gymnasium also can be rented, and lines on the court glow in the dark.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The town had its own school, a gymnasium, a grocery store, and saloons.
    — Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
  • And in one large meeting room, the floor was preserved from the school’s gymnasium.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • Thus far, they have been held in small classrooms above the lockup's gymnasium.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The venue featured the city’s first gymnasium and first indoor pool.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The plan calls for new gymnasiums at six of the seven public high schools in the county.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The boys checked out displays in the middle school gymnasium.
    — David Anderson, The Aegis, 7 May 2018
  • Ennis runs a building firm that has carried out work on the ground and helped to set up its gymnasium.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The big addition is a new wing with a gymnasium, three classrooms and a vestibule.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • This was before the gymnasium bore the name of the man who changed everything.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2020
  • In 1975, a fire broke out in the gymnasium, when wrestling mats were burned as a prank.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2022
  • Later in the day, the books and furniture saved were stored in the gymnasium.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • At the next school board meeting, the gymnasium was packed with more than a thousand people.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The cinderblock walls and hardwood flooring give it the feel of a retro gymnasium.
    — Sam Allard, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The main gymnasium's hardwood floor buckled, arching a few feet in the air in some spots.
    — Chris Shelton, Houston Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2019
  • They were taken to the gymnasium and told to face a wall while the cells in the unit were searched for contraband.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021
  • His daughter was in the gymnasium at the time of the incident.
    — Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 16 May 2018
  • The gymnasium is named after the long-time coaches.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • In the event of rain, the show would move indoors to the Tiger’s Den gymnasium.
    — Helen Bond, Dallas News, 1 June 2021
  • Around 100 men prayed in an overflow room in the mosque’s gymnasium.
    — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • On Friday nights, teenagers zipped through its hallways on roller skates and danced in the gymnasium.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
  • Breadon said the gymnasium and dance studio have failing roofs and floors.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • About a third of the nights each year, some families must sleep on mats on the floor of an adjacent gymnasium.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The school's west-end anchor is the new gymnasium that also has indoor track sprint lanes and a long- and a triple-jump pit.
    — Darryl Enriquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2018
  • Shots were fired outside the gymnasium as the game ended, and a 16- year-old male was struck in the leg.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 4 Feb. 2022
  • That gymnasium building connected to the south end of the main church will be home to the restaurant and whiskey bar.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2023
  • Next came a clip of Gomez walking into the high school gymnasium to greet a shocked crowd of students.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024

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