PROTEGE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PROTEGE, such as:
1. Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the hometown church.
2. It's that protege of yours, that sweet Princess Drubetskaya, that Anna Mikhaylovna whom I would not take for a housemaid.
3. Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.
2. It's that protege of yours, that sweet Princess Drubetskaya, that Anna Mikhaylovna whom I would not take for a housemaid.
3. Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.
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Meanings and Examples of PROTEGE
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protege
n. person guided and protected by a more prominent person
Classic Sentence:
1 It's that protege of yours, that sweet Princess Drubetskaya, that Anna Mikhaylovna whom I would not take for a housemaid.
2 The rain was descending in torrents, and Rostov, with a young officer named Ilyin, his protege, was sitting in a hastily constructed shelter.
3 That day Prince Vasili no longer boasted of his protege Kutuzov, but remained silent when the commander-in-chief was mentioned.
4 Well, I shall write to the abbe; I shall hold him responsible for his protege's misconduct, and I shall soon know all about this assassination.
5 Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.
6 My protege, as you call him, is a sensible man; and sense will always have attractions for me.
7 This led to a more friendly and confidential dialogue; from which Oliver discovered that his friend's name was Jack Dawkins, and that he was a peculiar pet and protege of the elderly gentleman before mentioned.
Example Sentence:
1 Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the hometown church.
2 She's Funny That Way is Bogdanovich's first feature in 13 years, partly bankrolled by his proteges Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach and starring Owen Wilson as a feckless theatre director.