How to Use honor roll in a Sentence

honor roll

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  • Xavier Lopez made the honor roll on the day he was killed.
    — New York Times, 5 June 2022
  • Amerie Jo Garza, 10, a jokester who made the honor roll.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2022
  • The 10-year-old straight-A student was on the school’s honor roll.
    — Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • He’s set and attained goals like the school’s honor roll list.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Aiyanna has been on the honor roll and also on the school council in the past.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Students must earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher to be on the honor roll.
    — courant.com, 25 June 2021
  • Josecito, as his family called him, was named to the honor roll for the first time on the day he was killed.
    — New York Times, 10 July 2022
  • Bouknight, who scored 39 points in two games, made the Big East’s honor roll Monday.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • For the first time in recorded history, Zane and Aidan made the honor roll.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Avent said both are honor roll students and Boy Scouts.
    — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Givens said the viewing was a reward for students who made the honor roll.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The honor roll student, who one day dreamed of joining the United States Air Force, was dead.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 4 May 2022
  • Dunlap is a finance major and was a member of the honor roll in 2023.
    — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There are five juniors, two sophomores and a ninth-grader on the honor roll.
    — Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Among them is a 10-year-old girl who had just made the honor roll and a fourth-grade teacher who had worked for the school district for about 17 years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022
  • Eleanor Connelly and Katherine Porter were named to the honor roll.
    — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 13 July 2018
  • White was joined on the honor roll this week by teammates Gerrid Doaks and Tre Tucker.
    — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Brenn is a senior on the honor roll at Willowridge High School who took the job to help support herself.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 May 2018
  • Among them: a teaching team, a 10-year-old who loved TikTok dance videos and a fourth-grader who had just made the honor roll.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • On his left, there are music notes and a ribbon touting his A-B honor roll.
    — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 24 May 2023
  • Her sons, both of whom have special needs, are in fifth and seventh grades and made the honor roll last year while learning from home.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The younger Ehlinger had yet to appear in a game at Texas and was a two-time member of the Big 12 commissioner’s honor roll.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 6 May 2021
  • The four-year honor roll student tied for 15th at the state final, firing a 77 at Haverhill CC.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
  • Saunders' efforts earned him a spot on the AAC weekly honor roll.
    — Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Barkley also was named to the Paul Hornung Award’s weekly honor roll.
    — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • They are heavily involved in sports, on the honor roll and don’t get in trouble.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Each of these films (each boasts a great script) is superior to the WGA’s mundane honor roll.
    — Armond White, National Review, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The eighth-grader has a 4.0 GPA and is not the only team member to consistently make the honor roll.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There are a couple of others with strong Indiana ties on the honor roll.
    — Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2018
  • Vaughn’s father Scott told the outlet his daughter was an honor roll student and involved in multiple school sports prior to the 2021 incident.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024

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