How to Use prom in a Sentence

prom

noun
  • Are you going to the prom?
  • Aaron Fricke brought a male date to his senior prom.
    — USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • People go there and have their prom photos done there.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the kids became dates to weddings and high school prom.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Everybody went to prom this past year.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Let your pups dance the night away after crowning them king and queen of the prom.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The trolley has been used for events like weddings and proms for over a decade.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The mother and son, who share a love of cars, arrived at his prom in style, too.
    — Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • And so your feed is no longer made up of your high school friends or your prom date from seven years ago.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • By the time prom rolled around this spring, giddiness fully had set in.
    — oregonlive, 2 June 2023
  • Below, shop some dupes and prom dresses based on Dove's 'fit.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pharrow passed away on the night he was supposed to be going to his prom.
    — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • She was named to her school's prom court and played both basketball and soccer.
    — Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022
  • One order was for six dresses for a quinceañera and the rest for prom and a wedding.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Russell, who spent her teen years in Colorado, hadn’t gone to her own prom.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • No one did, but a cousin sent me a photo of Trina at her high-school prom.
    — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But that sullen teenager left his bedroom, got dolled-up, and took himself to the prom!
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
  • Epps posted a snap of her with her prom date on Instagram.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • On the day of its prom next month, Payson plans to pitch in 5,000 kits.
    — Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Not every prom night memory can or should be passed along to the grandkids.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • There was an after-prom party on April 21.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • The lights dimmed in the hall, which looked more suited to a high-school prom than a concert, and the mosh pit opened.
    — Adlan Jackson, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022
  • Candace wrote alongside her son's prom photos.
    — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Jamie Lynn Spears has a daughter who's old enough to go to senior prom.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Imagine having the guts to wear separates to your prom!
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • Most of my clients are high school students, especially for prom.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
  • As for Avant's senior prom next year, Svala says one school dance was more than enough for her.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Travis opted for a pinstripe suit for his big night out at prom in 2008.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Travis opted for a pinstripe suit for his big night out at prom in 2008.
    — Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Her dad missed birthdays, Christmases, prom and even her birth by 10 hours.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026

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