How to Use vocational in a Sentence

vocational

adjective

• There were no vocational schools in Brazil that taught the craft.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2021
• The program does not have the type of vocational aspect in which students hold part-time jobs.
  — George Castle, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• The boys were working at the business as part of a vocational program.
  — cleveland, 1 Oct. 2020
• Bernadette puts on a brown dress and gets ready for her vocational training, in a classroom at the Centre.
  — Caterina Clerici & Eléonore Hamelin, Marie Claire, 1 Feb. 2019
• College is the first choice, with vocational tracks as a fallback.
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 13 Oct. 2022
• Her father, Samuel Malakoff, was a teacher at a vocational high school.
  — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
• Plans for a vocational charter school in Hamilton County won't get out of the workshop.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
• For a long time, vocational schools in the U.S. have been synonymous with manual labor; but that’s not the case in Europe.
  — Stephane Kasriel, Fortune, 6 June 2019
• That money grows tax-free and can later be used for college or vocational school.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2021
• Instead of skin color, test scores and vocational tracking became a way to keep the color line.
  — Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
• Sliwa also believes in the need for vocational programs in New York City high schools.
  — Rachel Janfaza, CNN, 2 June 2021
• Tiger Perk is a pre-vocational job skills training program for students in grades 7-12.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• After college, Burns returned to pleasant Ridge Park briefly to teach and coach, but left to pursue vocational ministry in the church.
  — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019
• When the priest approached the owner of a private vocational school to see about opening it to everyone, he was rebuffed.
  — New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
• And the problem is, again, vocational education is great, but again, economists are part of that thing, which is ... the reason you’re here isn’t to work.
  — Eric Johnson, Vox, 26 June 2019
• The Harris County jail in Houston opened vocational programs to female inmates for the first time this year.
  — Keri Blakinger, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• Welcome to Career Watch, a vocational checkup of top actors and directors, and those who hope to get there.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2024
• So the camp teaches these kids vocational skills in a camp-like environment.
  — Lori Riley, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2021
• The 345′s residents will be enrolled in the City of Refuge’s vocational training programs.
  — Andy Peters, ajc, 9 Feb. 2021
• My friend Hoke told me of his own vocational crisis following the election.
  — Fred Bahnson, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Giles talked about building a vocational school for young people in Evanston.
  — NBC News, 2 June 2021
• The 16-year-old son is a migrant labourer—his father refused to pay for vocational training that might have helped the boy into better work.
  — The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021
• And now that list has grown to include vocational vehicles.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
• Members of staff from all over this large, wide-ranging vocational college have trooped down to meet the girl who wanted to learn about cutting up animals.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• Robinson is the founder of a vocational school, The Healthcare Institute, in addition to her role as a state senator.
  — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 30 July 2020
• Thomas has a focus on academics that includes having HSE ranked in the top five districts in the state, adding more trade and vocational education.
  — Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2020
• Max received vocational training to design and stitch ladies’ leather purses and shoes.
  — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2024
• This year, 21 school districts are seeking bonds, overrides or, in two instances, approval to join the West-MEC vocational district.
  — Renata Cló, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
• Thompson suggests that in the short term, handing programs back to the states may shift the focus to vocational training and job readiness instead of standardized testing.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
• Public two-year institutions with a high focus on vocational programs saw double-digit growth for the second year in a row (+13.6%).
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025