1
: a formal dance given by a high school or college class
2
British
: promenade sense 2
Examples of prom in a Sentence
Noun
Are you going to the prom?
he resolved to ask her to the school prom at the first opportunity
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Last year's homecoming gallery on JSOnline and our USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin websites included 111 photos and our prom gallery last spring had nearly 200 pics from readers.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
From photos and parking to prom and graduation, families may feel financial pressure to make the year special.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
Not even Chris Hargensen, the organizer of Carrie’s prom-night humiliation, the meanest of all mean girls, could have thought up something so diabolical.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Everybody went to prom this past year.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Last year's homecoming gallery on JSOnline and our USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin websites included 111 photos and our prom gallery last spring had nearly 200 pics from readers.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
From photos and parking to prom and graduation, families may feel financial pressure to make the year special.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 15 Sep. 2025
Not even Chris Hargensen, the organizer of Carrie’s prom-night humiliation, the meanest of all mean girls, could have thought up something so diabolical.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prom
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“Prom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prom. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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