How to Use valedictorian in a Sentence

valedictorian

noun

• She was the valedictorian of her class in 1985.
• Was the valedictorian of the class of 1965 at Yazoo City High School.
  — CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
• Click through the gallery to see the 2018 Lake County valedictorians.
  — 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
• Sheriff Judd said Manny was the youngest of three and was the Frostproof class of 2020 valedictorian.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2024
• This isn’t the first time Payne has earned the distinction of valedictorian.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• A member of his school’s track and field team, Tolbert has a 3.66 GPA and will serve as his class’ valedictorian.
  — Sue Kiesewetter, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 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
• Up until December, Mark and Toni were joined at church by their son, George, a lawyer and the 2000 valedictorian of the local high school.
  — Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022
• 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
• Steven is named valedictorian and is on his way to Yale University in the fall.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 14 July 2023
• 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
• This year Murphy will be a valedictorian of his own class.
  — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 1 June 2017
• Click through the gallery to see the 2017 Orange County valedictorians.
  — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 May 2017
• The class valedictorian at Bowman, Stalling will attend Valparaiso and be a walk-on with the Crusaders.
  — Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2018
• The valedictorian provided The McDonough Voice with a copy of his speech.
  — Josh Magness, kansascity, 22 May 2018
• 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
• 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
• The first in her family to graduate from high school, she was named valedictorian at Petaluma (Calif.) High School.
  — Eli Rosenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
• This year's valedictorian also set a new all-time record.
  — Car and Driver, 26 Sep. 2018
• DeAngelo Jeremiah Fletcher, the class valedictorian, took the stage with the Palestinian flag pinned on his stole and on his cap.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 19 May 2024
• A senior at Edison High, Neng was class valedictorian and president of the Hmong club.
  — Diana Marcum, latimes.com, 10 June 2017
• The valedictorian of this year’s class is Abby Yoh and she will be attending Wheaton College.
  — charlotteobserver, 19 June 2017
• Like a valedictorian rescuing a puppy or a cat from a tree, that's your story.
  — Fox News, 28 Mar. 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
• Despite her top grades, she would be barred from contention for class valedictorian.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2017
• Becker, who’s in the running for valedictorian, knows that.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• Servite soccer player Aeneas Mires has been named the school’s valedictorian.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
• One of them was a particularly active parent advocate, and has a daughter who recently graduated as valedictorian of Weaver High School.
  — Arunan Arulampalam, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Oct 2024