trainee

Example Sentences

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One of the first things you do as a Mobil Oil trainee is you learn how to drive the tractor, turn it on, pull the lever.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

A trainee drove a bus into the River Seine after hitting a parked car and veering off the road on Thursday morning, officials have said.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 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

But there was no stench that could impress a trainee nurse.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan