trainee

Example Sentences

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A gladiator, it seems, moved up the ranks—often through training and victories in the arena—“like a trainee orator moving from imaginary speeches to those of the courtroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Alanah Thompson French, from Burton Joyce, in Nottinghamshire said she applied for a job as a trainee lettings negotiator at haart in Nottingham in December 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The convenience of modern life is “seductive,” writes Dr. Alex Curmi, a psychiatrist and trainee psychotherapist, for The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

A trainee train driver died and dozens of people were injured -- several seriously -- in that incident, which officials blamed on recent heavy rains in the northeastern region of Catalonia.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

She had learned the little she knew, the tiny, next-to-nothing scraps that came the way of a trainee nurse, in the safety of the ward and the bedside.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan