How to Use novice in a Sentence

novice

noun

• He's a novice in cooking.
• The first is about a nun, or, to be exact, a novice nun.
  — The New Yorker, 3 June 2022
• This is a must-have kitchen tool for novice and pro cooks alike.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 15 Aug. 2022
• Dim lighting is the silent scream of a video novice at work.
  — Stacey Hanke, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• The rest of us were novice paddlers, but his strong J-strokes kept the raft on track.
  — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022
• That puts it right in the sweet spot for most lifters, whether novice or expert.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• This is one of the first variations novice lifters learn.
  — David Otey, Men's Health, 28 Dec. 2022
• The class is open to both novice coffee drinkers and avid coffee lovers.
  — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
• On set, the A-lister taught the novice director about the unsaid.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 29 June 2023
• For the novice home chef, there are some silly hiccups along the way.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• According to the news release, the Coach reroute will triple the length of the novice Coach’s Corner run.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 Feb. 2024
• More than once, over the past few years, novices have held their own with top boxers.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Plus, out-of-square corners and bulging, wavy walls can be a nightmare for a novice.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022
• The adviser will know the questions to ask and the traps to avoid far better than any novice could.
  — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
• This scrawny, 135-pound novice wanted to try a brutish contact sport?
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• At the time, Sondheim, a prodigy in his mid-20s, was still a Broadway novice.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• An at-home gel nail kit might be your ticket from novice to nail pro.
  — Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2024
• Here, swimming novices from the ages of three to 90 attend weekly group lessons.
  — Léontine Gallois, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2024
• With the high price and larger size, this is not the optimal choice for a bread-making novice.
  — Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
• This crochet project is ideal for a novice, as it can be made in a couple of hours.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
• For novices, there are starter kits that contain all the essentials.
  — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
• And for novice ‘bartenders,’ the kit comes with a selection of cocktail recipes.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 18 June 2022
• In short, there’s something in it for everyone, from novices to know-it-alls.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 7 July 2023
• Suffice to say, Wind’s was way outside the realm of a novice’s transaction.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2021
• Isan isn’t living in her daddy’s shadow and is no novice to the red carpet.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Apr. 2022
• This is where many novice or DIY investors may face challenges.
  — Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• And the novice skiers and snowboarders who, in the absence of a local ski resort, might not ever give the sport a try.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022
• For novice swimmers who are set to spend a lot of time on boats this summer, this Stearns life jacket is your go-to.
  — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022
• For novices, writing sterile code to make lively games presents a challenging mental puzzle.
  — PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
• But Perfect Output, as HP's calling it, could be a useful tool for simplifying and speeding up certain types of print jobs, especially for tech novices.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024