greenhorn

Example Sentences

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They include seasoned politicians, an activist, greenhorn or two and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

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 don't have an extra pen," I whispered, complete sentences for whispers, that's what tells you I was still a greenhorn in this culture.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez