How to Use cum laude in a Sentence

cum laude

adverb or adjective

• Hamm earned a cum laude bachelor of arts and a master’s from Loyola College.
  — baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• Alex Lasry graduated cum laude from UPenn, Tate noted, and was on the dean's list twice.
  — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2021
• The couple met at Colorado College, from which both graduated cum laude.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2018
• The couple met in 2011 at Gettysburg College, from which each graduated, he cum laude.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2019
• White graduated cum laude with a 3.58 GPA in business, and then went on to complete his master's in sports administration at Memphis in just over a year.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2015
• Alex, a graduate of Elyria High School, has graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in English.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2020
• Holland graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in global studies and business in the liberal arts.
  — cleveland, 21 May 2021
• Judge Jackson earned both her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard, receiving her J.D., cum laude in 1996.
  — Donna Owens, Essence, 31 Mar. 2021
• The groom graduated cum laude from St. John’s University.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2018
• The school cited mental health as a reason for the change and will still offer the Latin distinctions of summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude in an effort to encourage high achievement without as much pressure and competition.
  — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2019
• Halvorson won a league wrestling title for Antioch in 1981 before graduating cum laude from San Francisco State.
  — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Feb. 2021
• Sturdivant, who graduated cum laude with distinction, also got honor cords and a medallion.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2022
• Jackson, who is serving a life term for murder, had graduated cum laude — with distinction — in 2021 through Goucher’s program inside prisons, but the commencement was delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 18 May 2022
• Peters was a high school teacher who graduated cum laude from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in biology in 2016.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 15 May 2018
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez worked as a bartender after graduating cum laude from Boston University.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022
• Lawson graduated cum laude with an undergraduate film degree from a college in the Windy City, then moved to Los Angeles to accept a full-tuition scholarship for a prestigious directing program.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 June 2022
• Madison Tebbe, who earned a bachelor’s degree in International Business and graduated cum laude.
  — Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2019
• Bathiany graduated cum laude from Denison in 2009 with a bachelor of arts in physical education with a concentration in sports management.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2023
• Lories graduated cum laude from film school while simultaneously working as a social worker in Brussels.
  — Alissa Simon, Variety, 20 Aug. 2021
• Our reliance on it is reinforced in its use for awarding certain honors (such as cum laude), obtaining and maintaining scholarship status, and hiring for internships or even jobs after graduation.
  — Tom Solomon, Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• Marusic graduated cum laude with a degree in middle childhood education, and Moeller with a master of arts degree in teaching biological science.
  — cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
• At Alabama, Ryans graduated cum laude in seven semesters with a degree in business marketing and was a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, which is given to the player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-field performance.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 18 Jan. 2021
• Maha Rashid, Medina Highland, neuroscience major cum laude.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Born in Florence and a cum laude graduate in contemporary history, professional journalist Marco Ferri has been involved in culture and entertainment for more than 30 years.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Jackson, who graduated cum laude from the University of Florida in 2015 with a degree in Materials Engineering, did have experience skating, but not on ice.
  — Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018
• DePodesta graduated cum laude with an economics degree from Harvard.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• Kevin O'Hara graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s of business administration.
  — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 1 June 2018
• Washington is a cum laude graduate with a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Norfolk State University.
  — Tim Brown, OregonLive.com, 19 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 1 Aug 2024