Explore Schoolyard through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like yard. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Schoolyard meaning
- The grounds around a school.
- An open field near a school used for recreation by the students.
Synonyms of Schoolyard
Using Schoolyard
- The main meaning on this page is: The grounds around a school. | An open field near a school used for recreation by the students.
- Useful related words include: yard.
- In the example corpus, schoolyard often appears in combinations such as: the schoolyard, schoolyard bully, schoolyard with.
Context around Schoolyard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Schoolyard
- In this selection, "schoolyard" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, edible, nearby, classroom, bully, filled and games stand out and add context to how "schoolyard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5th grade schoolyard bullies and a classroom schoolyard sports field. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "schoolyard" sits close to words such as actinium, adherent and adipose, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with schoolyard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A schoolyard bully, in other words. (6 words)
Trump is like the typical schoolyard bully. (7 words)
And he walks away sadly down an empty schoolyard walkway. (10 words)
One schoolyard theory that continues to persist is that the reason for the lack of blood is because when Sephiroth stabs Aerith, he attacks so quickly and with such force that there isn't time for blood to pool on the blade as it passes through. (46 words)
In his book 'Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566', he also said: 'Any place where students gather, be it a classroom, schoolyard, sports field or class trips can be fertile soil for the growth of rumours and social delusions. (42 words)
And so this perverse obsession with calling out “problematic” individuals reaches its end point - a schoolyard game where the popular kids make the playground such a nasty place to play, that the more sensitive kids pack up and go home. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Attendees at Thursday's ribbon-cutting for the Buena Vista Edible Schoolyard's new greenhouse take a look inside among thousands of small germinating plants following the ceremony.
First, they went to a relative’s home nearby, but still fearing the aftermath of tremors, they took their car and went to a nearby schoolyard, filled with cars of other residents seeking safety.
I'll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them.
In his book 'Mass Hysteria in Schools: A Worldwide History Since 1566', he also said: 'Any place where students gather, be it a classroom, schoolyard, sports field or class trips can be fertile soil for the growth of rumours and social delusions.
Like some big media personalities we won’t mention, Twitter – now X – seems to encourage and facilitate the ‘schoolyard sham-brawling’ approach to a difference of opinion, and then it washes its hands of the consequences.
Youth also need to see the possibility for change beyond their schoolyard.
Children from O’Melveny Elementary School had a front row view from their schoolyard as the police department team started their run through to help the Special Olympics of Southern California.
A boy hugs his father as he waits to be called to enter the schoolyard the Marie-Derome School in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. on Monday, May 11, 2020.
And he walks away sadly down an empty schoolyard walkway.
And so this perverse obsession with calling out “problematic” individuals reaches its end point - a schoolyard game where the popular kids make the playground such a nasty place to play, that the more sensitive kids pack up and go home.
But unlike our schoolyard crushes, Caiden has gifted North with Tiffany jewelry and taken her on dates to Exploratorium.
He’s allowing Trump to behave like schoolyard bully, completely disrespecting the millions of Americans who tuned-in hoping to see a debate of ideas, and a plan to move America forward.
One schoolyard theory that continues to persist is that the reason for the lack of blood is because when Sephiroth stabs Aerith, he attacks so quickly and with such force that there isn't time for blood to pool on the blade as it passes through.
On one occasion, she said, she was on duty outside during recess and saw McGrath push the boy out of the doorway and into the schoolyard.
She said that Dumfries Primary would enforcing a strict policy governing schoolyard access to parents and issue tough rules outlawing misconduct.
Their jokes are bad, they act like 5th grade schoolyard bullies.
Trump is like the typical schoolyard bully.
As a school community, we recognize that it’s very special to have a tree this big in our schoolyard.
A schoolyard bully, in other words.
In Season 11, the holder of that mantle was arguably Ra’Jah D. O’Hara, the Dallas pageant performer who couldn’t seem to stop schoolyard insults flying out of her mouth.
Common combinations with schoolyard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: