NOVICE in a Sentence
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20 example sentences for NOVICE, such as:
1. I'm still a novice at the sport.
2. This novice of an infantry had dash.
3. Only the novices were permitted to lend.
4. The novices wear the same habit, but all in white.
5. In the main arm were the cells of the mothers, the sisters, and the novices.
2. This novice of an infantry had dash.
3. Only the novices were permitted to lend.
4. The novices wear the same habit, but all in white.
5. In the main arm were the cells of the mothers, the sisters, and the novices.
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Meanings and Examples of NOVICE
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novice
n. beginner; person new to a field or activity
Classic Sentence:
1 This novice of an infantry had dash.
2 One is a postulant for two years at least, often for four; a novice for four.
3 On the day when a novice makes her profession, she is dressed in her handsomest attire, she is crowned with white roses, her hair is brushed until it shines, and curled.
4 The superior of the convent of Bethune will place in the hands of the person who shall present this note to her the novice who entered the convent upon my recommendation and under my patronage.
5 It is true that the habit of a novice, which the young woman wore, was not very advantageous in a contest of this kind.
6 The novice, seeing Milady in bed, was about to follow the example of the superior; but Milady stopped her.
7 "At least I hope so," said the novice, with an expression of joy which she made no effort to disguise.
8 Hear me," said the novice; "we must trust in heaven.
9 I feel like a novice lumbering through a bog in a mist, jumping from one tussock to another in the mere blind effort to move on without knowing where I am going.
10 As Mr. Holohan was a novice in such delicate matters as the wording of bills and the disposing of items for a programme, Mrs. Kearney helped him.
11 It gave me no manner of concern that Steerforth should find me a novice in these sciences, but I never could bear to show my want of skill before the respectable Littimer.
12 The novices wear the same habit, but all in white.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
13 Only the novices were permitted to lend.
14 In the main arm were the cells of the mothers, the sisters, and the novices.
15 These novices had never smoked anything before but cigars made of grapevine, and they "bit" the tongue, and were not considered manly anyway.
Example Sentence:
1 I've never driven a car before - I'm a complete novice.
2 The on-screen manual shows the novice user the basics of the program.
3 I'm still a novice at the sport.
4 To do this appears so abrupt that the novice is apt to make a further effort to finish up the subject.
5 Equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world to a dependent and a novice.