kindergarten

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Bertino and Dan Gray met in a Queens kindergarten, and became acquainted with Rapanaro and Matt Cicero years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The aim is to be bustlingly kinetic, but the feel is pure kindergarten: no logic, just jerky leaps from one gaming situation to the next, with characters and objects taking on whatever powers are needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Boys are more likely than girls to enter kindergarten late.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Two-thirds of children who were held back had summer birthdays between June and August — near the kindergarten enrollment cutoff dates in most states — and would have been young for their grade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The instant Josie crawled out of her drawer the night before her first day of kindergarten, an alarm went off in another underground room.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix