How to Use gap year in a Sentence

gap year

noun

• And done the gap year thing in India, and backpacked around.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022
• Et voilà! 170 days (longer than a world cruise, shorter than a gap year).
  — Priscilla Eakeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• Are there reasons to believe that the gap year gap won’t happen?
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 29 Apr. 2020
• Evan took a gap year in between high school and college and moved to France on his 18th birthday.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
• Before now, the previous best year to die was 2010 when the estate tax took a gap year.
  — Houston Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2018
• It’s like a cautionary tale for what not to do on your gap year travels.
  — Riza Cruz, ELLE, 13 July 2022
• On said gap year, William trimmed his formerly-long 'do.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022
• In the end, Bruce decided to take a gap year before leaving.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• The way to make this lower risk is to commit to it being a productive gap year.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2021
• The truth is, a lot of gap year stories may sound spontaneous, but that's almost never the case.
  — Helen Lu, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2022
• Sofia is not heading off to college right away, taking what may be a gap year, the Daily Mail added.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 June 2019
• Some plan to attend an engineering school or take a gap year to work on the project in Rwanda.
  — Hannah Nguyen, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
• Six former players are in Israel as part of a gap year, Coleman said.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Wu’s goal is to play collegiate golf in the United States after taking a gap year.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
• Harry went on to spend a chunk of his gap year in Klosters, and Williams first photograph with Kate Middleton dates back to a 2004 trip to the ski town.
  — Andrea Park, Marie Claire, 30 Nov. 2020
• She is headed to Barnard College in 2018 after taking a gap year.
  — Susan Svrluga and Emma Brown, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Vazquez is taking a gap year to pursue his passion of performing as a drag queen.
  — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 11 May 2024
• In 2018, Ania Smith and her husband quit their jobs at Airbnb and Glassdoor, respectively, to take an adult gap year.
  — Joseph Abrams, Fortune, 18 June 2024
• This season can provide a satisfying gap year before the start of a new era.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 17 July 2019
• So-called gap years are common in many countries but infrequent in the United States (to our detriment).
  — Geoffrey Morrison, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
• Neutra enlisted in the IDF as part of a gap year before starting college.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Huske has taken a gap year to focus on swimming, a decision that has clearly paid off.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Unhappy with where his future was headed, Ha took a gap year to teach kindergarten in Korea.
  — Jason Pham, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2017
• Yip is taking a gap year from high school this year to continue pursuing her passion for chess.
  — Maysoon Khan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• Cousins is more challenging than most, given that his gap year with the Warriors was atypical of his career in so many ways.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 24 June 2019
• At the time, Mr. Gilkes was taking a gap year before college and Mr. Stirling was working for an events company.
  — Courtney Rubin, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2017
• The Maxima name may take a gap year for 2024 while Nissan begins the lineup shuffle, but that remains unclear at this time.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 25 Apr. 2023
• Our family of five began our family gap year with a sailboat ride in Rio de Janeiro in July 2022.
  — Liuan Huska, Contributor, CNBC, 26 July 2024
• There’s nothing wrong with taking a gap year after high school to save some money, for example, or to devise a careful plan.
  — The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Shane McMurray, founder of the Wedding Report, is skeptical of a big gap year in engagements.
  — Jason Karaian, New York Times, 9 June 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024