ninth grade
Example Sentences
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Dyslexic, Harry dropped out of school in the ninth grade, joined the Navy, and served two weeks’ military imprisonment before returning to New York City to work odd jobs and scrape by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They met in the 1960s on their first day of ninth grade at John Muir High School in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The night before she first walked into Clinton High School in 1956, Jo Ann Allen beamed over her outfit with the excitement of any teenager starting ninth grade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
When he started rapping in the ninth grade, it was “a top secret part of my life,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Denise’s father, Mr. McNair, was my ninth grade teacher.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
