Example Sentences

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Novices can learn the ropes on their own through travel blogs and airline and credit-card forums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Novices were more likely to rely on lighting cues -- highlights and shadows -- to judge the shape and relief of an object, and assumed, as is natural, that the lighting came from above.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

Tuesday - Supreme Novices Hurdle: Trainer Nicky Henderson will be hoping to provide a home win in the opener with Constitution Hill or Jonbon while Dysart Dynamo heads three runners for Willie Mullins.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2022

Novices, here’s what you’re missing: a crisp chicken cutlet, web of tangy white cheese, slather of mayo, juicy tomatoes, smoky onions and refried beans packed inside sesame-seeded bread.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2021

No wonder the Chief of Detectives had said, "Novices only hamper us."

From The Secret Toll by Thorne, Paul And Mabel