How to Use salutatorian in a Sentence

salutatorian

noun
  • For the first time in his life, Kevin was flunking classes — bizarre for a math nerd and high school salutatorian.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Payne is the salutatorian and Fadden is in the top 15 percent of the class.
    — Mark Fadden, star-telegram.com, 7 May 2017
  • In high school, Grace Rohloff was a class salutatorian and led several sports teams.
    — Susan Baek, NBC News, 24 July 2024
  • One of his best friends is the salutatorian, with Jordan graduating fifth in his class.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity.com, 12 May 2017
  • Emily Brady was selected to present the second big student speech as class salutatorian.
    — Fred Swegles, Orange County Register, 27 May 2017
  • Kasem's speech followed a shorter speech by Zainab Altalaqani, a co-salutatorian and friend.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2019
  • Season's over, so why is Franklin Central salutatorian still running?
    — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2020
  • John Legend was a high-school salutatorian, but would Penn have been obviously wrong to admit him on other grounds?
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Jonathon Terrill, a 32-year-old father of two in Wolfe County, was a high school salutatorian.
    — Laura Ungar, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Twin sisters named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school Twin sisters competed for better grades at their high school.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Warmbier graduated from there in 2013 as class salutatorian and had played soccer.
    — Dake Kang, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
  • Ollie is the 2024 class salutatorian at Ben Davis High School.
    — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2024
  • There are a record 176 valedictorians and salutatorians among this year’s freshmen.
    — Rick Green, courant.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Alyssa Kraus, the salutatorian, discussed the impact the passing of student Joshua Evan Hamer had on her and her classmates.
    — David Anderson, The Aegis, 27 May 2018
  • The class salutatorian, in what was his customary good cheer, delivered a memorable speech, a message of inspiration and friendship.
    — Joe Sterling, CNN, 20 June 2017
  • Two of those segments — one about the salutatorian in a class of three students and another about a teacher at Fossil High School — are well worth the read/listen.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • Lucy Fu was the valedictorian and Angie Chen was the salutatorian.
    — Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 31 May 2018
  • Kelvin Li was the valedictorian and Jane Boettcher was the salutatorian.
    — Jane Donahue, Naperville Sun, 23 May 2017
  • Alison Ramirez Cahuana, the salutatorian of the class, began her speech by remembering some of the specific challenges the class faced as a group.
    — Hayley Harding, courant.com, 15 June 2018
  • Meet the valedictorians and salutatorians from Broward County high schools.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • Despite a challenging start to their lives, both Bethany and Alisa excelled in school and eventually became salutatorians of their high school classes.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Meet the valedictorians and salutatorians from Palm Beach County high schools.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • North County-area high schools salute their valedictorians and salutatorians for the Class of 2019.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2019
  • Arleah graduated from Tomball High School in 1953 as the salutatorian of her class.
    — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2020
  • Five students were honored as class salutatorians after earning the second-highest GPAs with and without grade weighting.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
  • Anna Pham was honored as valedictorian of the class, while Max Bagileo was honored as salutatorian.
    — Mary Sullivan, baltimoresun.com, 16 June 2021
  • Advice for others This year’s honorees have some words of advice for future generations of valedictorians and salutatorians.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • Kyler Smith, the salutatorian of the 2018 graduating class, also delivered a speech before his fellow classmates.
    — Jess Nocera, Laurel Leader, 5 June 2018
  • Two students — Wesia Malik and Eshaume Wheeler — were both named salutatorians because their grade point averages were within one one-hundredth of a point of each other.
    — Dylan McGuinness, courant.com, 20 June 2017
  • Meet the Class of 2026 valedictorians and salutatorians from Orange County high schools.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026

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