How to Use commencement in a Sentence

commencement

noun

• A poet will speak at the commencement.
• And at the end of her four years she was invited to give the commencement speech.
  — Johanna Mayer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2023
• On commencement day, Massey was the last of his classmates to put on his cap and gown.
  — Aaron Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• On commencement day, Mr. Massey was the last of his classmates to put on his cap and gown.
  — Aaron Morrison, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
• But most schools award degrees during commencements held in May or June.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2023
• The first game and the 161 that follow matter equally in the standings, but there’s a significance that belongs to the commencement.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2023
• Furthermore, the sale of your business will not be the commencement of your retirement.
  — Rich Gunn, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• There’s one day of the year that has continued to have the Internet in rapture since its commencement: the release of Pantone’s Color of the Year.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2023
• Those hosts all returned to the air within a few weeks of the commencement of the strike, but without pre-written material.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
• And so Min’s commencement walk ended in a teary embrace with his family.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• But of course, most people think of the full pomp and circumstance that is associated with the commencement from high school or college.
  — Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 7 June 2022
• Don’t mourn the end of summer — celebrate the commencement of the holiday weekend instead.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2023
• The commencement ceremony was held May 20 at the suburban venue.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
• That’s a quote from Chadwick Boseman’s Howard commencement address.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 28 Nov. 2022
• That year, students had chosen Lee to deliver the commencement address.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 30 June 2022
• This week on Thursday Thoughts, @Chancellor_May shares more on making amends for this past weekend’s commencement ceremonies.
  — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
• Who can forget the commencement of the bird-mating season in mid-February, first written about by four English authors?
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• When seniors left the sit-in to attend commencement, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and alumni occupied the space for them, Guillot said.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 June 2022
• Happy commencement season to you — and to all the communities that helped make this moment possible.
  — Giovanna Alcantar, refinery29.com, 14 June 2022
• On top of winning a state championship, Bornstadt was one of many La Grande seniors who got to celebrate his commencement on Tuesday night.
  — oregonlive, 7 June 2022
• Lisa Van Morrison, who died of cancer prior to commencement.
  — Elissa Maudlin, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023
• Her official commencement ceremony will take place in Phoenix in early May of next year.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 Nov. 2023
• Ramirez is among the nearly 4,000 undergraduates who will graduate from Portland State this summer, many of whom will walk the stage at commencement next week.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• This is far from Swift’s first speech packed with meaningful life lessons for her fans; her NYU commencement speech is another great—albeit much longer—example.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
• Per tradition, students jump into the San Marcos River clad in their caps and gowns to celebrate their commencement.
  — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Aug. 2022
• The university is hosting two commencement ceremonies, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon, with nine programs split between them.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 12 May 2023
• In May 2022, the rapper received an honorary bachelor's degree from the university and gave a commencement speech.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• But after learning about the commencement plans, Gaona said her parents decided against going.
  — Debbie Truong, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• Actor Tom Hanks has been named the Harvard class of 2023 commencement speaker, the university announced.
  — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
• The team posted a video of the commencement on Twitter and congratulated their leader on earning his college degree.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024