greenhorn

Example Sentences

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They did not include Haotong Li, the 25-year-old second-round leader, but Li did refrain from the kind of free fall many would have projected from a greenhorn.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2020

Instead, it was McIlroy that looked like the greenhorn.

From Golf Digest • May 5, 2019

I’d recommend it for the Chabon greenhorn on up.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2019

London himself arrived here in 1897, as a 21-year-old greenhorn.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017

"I don't have an extra pen," I whispered, complete sentences for whispers, that's what tells you I was still a greenhorn in this culture.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez