How to Use "Award" with Example Sentences

award (n): a prize that is given to someone for winning a contest or doing a good thing

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Used with adjectives:

"The school gives out an annual award for outstanding performance."
(annual)

"The school won a national award for having the highest student test scores."
(national, prestigious, special)

"He won a cash award for building the best treehouse."
(cash, monetary)

"He is the winner of a lifetime achievement award."
(lifetime achievement, teaching, bravery)

Used with verbs:

"The awards will be announced tomorrow."
(announced, given out, handed out, presented)

"The movie earned many awards."
(earned, garnered, won, received, be + nominated for, deserved)

"I'm very proud to accept this award."
(accept, receive)

"The award went to the best student."
(went to, be + given to)

"Our company grants awards every year."
(grants, offers, gives)

Used with nouns:

"He's excited for the awards ceremony."
(ceremony, banquet, dinner, luncheon)

"The author is an award recipient."
(recipient, winner)

Used with prepositions:

"She received an award for best actress."
(for)

"He received an award from school."
(from)

award (v): to give a prize for winning a contest or doing a good thing

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Used with adverbs:

"The prize is automatically awarded to the first ten contestants."
(automatically)

"They award the Nobel Prize annually."
(annually, yearly)

Used with prepositions:

"The prize money was awarded to the youngest person in the history of the contest."
(to)