How to Use honor roll in a Sentence

honor roll

noun
  • Nadeau is an honor roll student and plays roblox.
    — Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Aiyanna has been on the honor roll and also on the school council in the past.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Givens said the viewing was a reward for students who made the honor roll.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Joseph is a high honor roll student who plays on the volleyball team.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • There are five juniors, two sophomores and a ninth-grader on the honor roll.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Josecito, as his family called him, was named to the honor roll for the first time on the day he was killed.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2022
  • The 10-year-old straight-A student was on the school’s honor roll.
    — Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Shade was also selected to the honor roll.
    — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But what would have been a three-year streak of making the publication’s honor roll came to a halt.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In the classroom, Murray is a high-honor roll student.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Her sons, both of whom have special needs, are in fifth and seventh grades and made the honor roll last year while learning from home.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • There are a couple of others with strong Indiana ties on the honor roll.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2018
  • On his left, there are music notes and a ribbon touting his A-B honor roll.
    — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2023
  • For the first time in recorded history, Zane and Aidan made the honor roll.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Lewis was a rising sophomore at the school, having completed freshman year on the honor roll.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Reynolds said her son was an all-A honor roll student with no prior incidents with teachers.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Bouknight, who scored 39 points in two games, made the Big East’s honor roll Monday.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Saunders' efforts earned him a spot on the AAC weekly honor roll.
    — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Dunlap is a finance major and was a member of the honor roll in 2023.
    — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Barkley also was named to the Paul Hornung Award’s weekly honor roll.
    — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Eleanor Connelly and Katherine Porter were named to the honor roll.
    — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 13 July 2018
  • Amari was an honor roll student who loved basketball, football and big-wheeled bikes and enjoyed and excelled early.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Fitzgerald is a member of the school choir at Catholic Memorial, and is an honor roll student.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • White was joined on the honor roll this week by teammates Gerrid Doaks and Tre Tucker.
    — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Brenn is a senior on the honor roll at Willowridge High School who took the job to help support herself.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 May 2018
  • Each of these films (each boasts a great script) is superior to the WGA’s mundane honor roll.
    — Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The honor roll student, who one day dreamed of joining the United States Air Force, was dead.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2022
  • Among them is a 10-year-old girl who had just made the honor roll and a fourth-grade teacher who had worked for the school district for about 17 years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
  • The latest Texas honor roll includes more than 1,000 schools and over 80 school districts.
    — Carol Taylor, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The college said he was consistently recognized on the presidential honor roll and dean’s list.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026

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