tyro

Previous Lincoln scholars have treated the Lyceum Speech more as an outburst than an oration, at best the overwrought declamation of a gifted tyro.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025

He's there and his battle with the brilliant tyro Fin Smith for Test starts will be exhilarating.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

I didn’t see that coming — not that a mystery tyro like me ever sees anything coming on this show.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Grammar and pronunciation Telltale tyro signs include adding definite articles to freeway names.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

“Tyro to ground, tyro to ground,” came the call from the training aircraft.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Melissa Almaguer, like many talented tyros, sometimes throws down too much at once, but she has the goods.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

France’s tyros – most of the team are playing their first Six Nations – showed poise in the biggest moments against the most experienced side ever fielded in the championship.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2020

Ajax, who visit Benfica on Wednesday, are increasingly reliant on their tyros.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2018

Keeping pace with the teenage tyros, a gang that also includes China's Jin Boyang and Japan's Shoma Uno, has meant that Chan is having to re-train his body in his mid 20s.

From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2017

Those of his successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy’s apprehensions as tyros engaged in the same pursuit.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley