freshman

Example Sentences

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Still, his rise from a freshman at the University of Virginia to a Grand Slam quarter-finalist has been meteoric.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Loyola received 4 1/3 strong innings on the mound from freshman Sheriff Hall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Recent graduate Nihar Patel hadn’t eaten lunch in the cafeteria at his Fairfield, Ohio, school since his freshman year because of lunch-shaming.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

When Yang, 35, and Rogers, 36, met their freshman year on New York University’s sketch comedy scene, Yang was a premed student.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Beside them they felt the hole that Izzy, the freshman, the black sheep, the wild card, had left behind—though they were still certain, all of them, that this hole would be temporary.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng