How to Use schoolyard in a Sentence
schoolyard
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Lines of younger students marched through the halls to the schoolyard.
—Lee Keath, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
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The color scheme is schoolyard—not a pleasure on the eyes.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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The Aztecs kicked the Rams around the schoolyard and grabbed their lunch money, going on an 18-1 run to end it.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
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Played with two tiles, the goal of the schoolyard game is to flip one tile, laying on the ground, by slamming it with the other.
—Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 4 Oct. 2021
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The teachers asked six girls from each grade to assemble in the schoolyard.
—Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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Enjoy them with friends at the schoolyard or by yourself as a mid-day pick-me-up.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2023
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Officers dispatched to the scene detained the boy in the schoolyard, the statement said.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
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The '90s schoolyard must-have is back in fashion—this time with a laptop pocket.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2022
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Garcia proved his schoolyard haters wrong, earning four yeses from the judges.
—USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
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During lunch, a group of students gathered in the schoolyard.
—Azadeh Moaveni, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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And then there’s just plain old schoolyard bullying and cheap cracks.
—Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
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The new one at Sunkist Elementary faces the schoolyard courts.
—Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
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Anyone from the streets to the schoolyard can understand the disdain for that figure.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2023
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Sports and morning assemblies in the schoolyard have been scrapped.
—Washington Post, 9 May 2022
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This elementary school still bears the name of the 29th president, and, of course, there’s a flagpole in the schoolyard.
—Philip Potempa, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2020
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Avoiding places where a dog is known to be distracted, such as a schoolyard.
—Lindsey Bever, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2023
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The schoolyard is where skaters come together to make work and to support each other.
—Ian F. Blair, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
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The schoolyard was filled with parents who had shown up early, who could not wait to wrap arms around their babies.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
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That's because she and the next person on our list were not selected for teams on a day 2 schoolyard pick 'em.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
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The owner of a sawmill fashioned benches made from a pine tree that fell in the schoolyard during the hurricane.
—New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022
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Patrick Mahomes is the kid in the schoolyard, scrambling around to buy time before chucking it downfield.
—Tim Bielik, cleveland, 7 Feb. 2021
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Whereas Gay described the fight between the girls as a schoolyard dust-up, Schwartz painted it as a planned attack.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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That’s in addition to Tango, 14 chickens in the schoolyard coop and Penny, the ball python in Dr. Paz’s office.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
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Sharing Elden Ring secrets like a kid on the schoolyard can even become part of the game's appeal—for the right kind of player.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2022
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This is the moral equivalent of a schoolyard bully telling you to stop hitting yourself.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 13 Oct. 2021
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The picture at the very top is the one of Robb Elementary in Uvalde, with the yellow tape circling a schoolyard that should have been filled with joyful kids.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
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So are the kids and their games, and the prejudices, bullying and social dynamics of that schoolyard.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2022
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The host continued to imagine how the rest of Twitter exchange played out, likening it to a schoolyard showdown.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
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He’s known for like, going through a schoolyard at 60 miles an hour on a motorcycle, and the police chasing him, just this craziness.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024
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Keep children and family pets away from areas where lines may have fallen (backyards, fields, schoolyards, etc.).
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2024
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