trainee

Example Sentences

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If I say to a trainee, “You’re flinching,” that puts it in his head.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Lieutenant Commander Rob Andrews, who was at RAF Valley as a trainee while William was stationed there, said: "I know he's got an affinity with this place."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The 19-year-old trainee teacher and power plant engineer, who was 25, were looking forward to married life in the newly built Soviet city of Pripyat.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

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

With special dispensation from the Vatican, she took her vows and entered a convent in Madras as a trainee novice.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy