Example Sentences

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In part because he was graduating that week in Laramie, Wyo., where he’d spent the last four years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

I grew up, went to college, never thought about food until really the year that I was graduating college.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2024

Maddie, her sister Libby and the whole family were so excited and proud she was graduating as a teacher, achieving her childhood dream.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

And at the Air Force Academy a few days ago, Mr. Biden joked that “when I was graduating from high school 300 years ago, I applied to the Naval Academy.”

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2023

He was graduating in a month, and then he would work with Josiah and Robert.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko