plebe

Example Sentences

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“He was a very sharp plebe, a very intelligent young man,” said retired Navy officer Gregory Glaros, the company commander often quizzing Cooper at the academy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“He wanted to present himself as among ‘the best and the brightest,’ not some common plebe who’d held workaday jobs,” Garrow said of Obama’s first run for the presidency.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Contact with family was forbidden during the roughly two months of the harsh training period known as the plebe system, but the tactical officer charged with Moore’s fate that night made an exception.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

Fellow plebe Jennifer Luong, 18, noted that Sea Trials seemed to be more “laid back and chill” than Plebe Summer — at least in her experience.

From Washington Times • May 18, 2022

As a plebe, you refer to yourself in the third person: “This plebe would like to go to the bathroom.”

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore