greenhorn

Example Sentences

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Wily bank robber Wesley Snipes taunts a familiar-looking rough-and-ready cop while greenhorn Ryan Phillippe delivers a TED talk on chaos theory in this listless would-be thriller.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2019

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

In its first visit, the MLS originals from Washington faced a lethal and favored greenhorn.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2017

Fresh arrivals to the Valentine farm made it so Cora was no longer the greenhorn, bumbling about.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead