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

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

A Welsh actor who portrays a trainee doctor in Emmy-award-winning hospital drama The Pitt says he has a "new found respect" for the medical profession owing to the show's highly realistic scenes.

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

I pick up my tray and start toward the Junior Agent trainee table.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston