How to Use valedictorian in a Sentence

valedictorian

noun
  • She was the valedictorian of her class in 1985.
  • Ritu was one of the three kids who were the co-valedictorians of our class.
    — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Despite her top grades, she would be barred from contention for class valedictorian.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • All of her children have gone on to college, but Xavier is the first valedictorian.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2018
  • The 18-year-old valedictorian said the crowd quickly went silent.
    — Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2018
  • For some, the news of becoming their school’s valedictorian came as a surprise.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • This isn’t the first time Payne has earned the distinction of valedictorian.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
  • Like a valedictorian rescuing a puppy or a cat from a tree, that's your story.
    — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Steven is named valedictorian and is on his way to Yale University in the fall.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 14 July 2023
  • Shawntoll Buchanan-Boothe, the class valedictorian, urged her peers not to let fear of failure hinder their progress.
    — Jenna Carlesso, courant.com, 25 May 2017
  • Rosalynn helped run the household and still managed to be valedictorian of her 1944 high school class.
    — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Rosser is the valedictorian of the class of 2026 and just finished his senior year there.
    — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • At the time, his high school was on the brink of shutting down—but the then-teenager battened down the hatches, studied hard, and became class valedictorian.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Frances Young, the class valedictorian, encouraged her classmates to see the upside of their failures.
    — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 26 June 2018
  • Click through the gallery to see the 2018 Lake County valedictorians.
    — Sentinel Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • Spelman College has seven valedictorians for the first time in the school's history.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 15 May 2026
  • Lozano Perez, who loves math and science, was Dilley High School’s valedictorian.
    — Alia Malik, ExpressNews.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Adams’ biography also credits him with having been his high school valedictorian.
    — Brian Niemietz, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Megan Amedee, the valedictorian from the Nursing Academy, told her peers that life doesn’t stop after high school.
    — Alison Kuznitz, courant.com, 15 June 2018
  • Like many in his class, Jonathan Arcentales, the valedictorian, is the first in his family to graduate from college.
    — Annie Correal, New York Times, 8 June 2017
  • Parents and students were shocked to learn that their high school’s valedictorian made the cut at, say, Brown, but didn’t get into, say, Vanderbilt.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The valedictorian provided The McDonough Voice with a copy of his speech.
    — Josh Magness, kansascity, 22 May 2018
  • Was the valedictorian of the class of 1965 at Yazoo City High School.
    — CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Keys was valedictorian of her class at Madeira High School in Cincinnati in 2010.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Click through the gallery to see the 2017 Orange County valedictorians.
    — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2017
  • The film Booksmart begins with a close-up of Beanie Feldstein, as Molly, the valedictorian of her high school class.
    — Kayleen Schaefer, WSJ, 20 May 2019
  • The valedictorian of his high school in Houston, Luck fit in perfectly with what made Stanford so special at that time, as much off the field as on it.
    — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • The class valedictorian at Bowman, Stalling will attend Valparaiso and be a walk-on with the Crusaders.
    — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Meet the students named valedictorians for Lake County schools for 2018.
    — Sentinel Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • Pitter is the valedictorian of the class of 2020 at Hartford High School.
    — courant.com, 8 Oct. 2020

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