How To Use Greenhorn In A Sentence
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In 1997 I was a greenhorn summer intern at The New Republic.
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This new wave of hope swept aside the fact that she was the "greenhorn" janitress, that she was twenty-two and dowryless, and, according to the traditions of her people, condemned to be shelved aside as an unmated thing – a creature of pity and ridicule.
Hungry Hearts
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The success of this British teenager, a greenhorn on the women's circuit and a newcomer to Indian conditions, can be attributed to self-belief and absence of pressure to perform.
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This is no revelation to a seasoned investigator, but to the greenhorn, it can be a little overwhelming.
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Ha ! Ha ! You're a proper greenhorn, aren't you!
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This is where one takes the first step as a greenhorn management trainee.
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As for Lady Afy, he execrated the greenhornism which had made him feign a passion, and then get caught where he meant to capture.
The Young Duke
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Since I was still a cheechako (that's Alaskan lingo for greenhorn), I had failed to realize that the sporadic forward movement of the glacier could, like a colossal bulldozer, push against the frozen surface of the lake with unimaginable force.
Marking Time With a Glacier
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I was the greenhorn, the kid who had to do it all by himself, learn it all by himself.
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I can't no more wear my 'greenhorn' shawl going out with an American.
Hungry Hearts
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It was kind of bad for awhile till we got to know people and speak the language and quit being called greenhorns.
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At the word greenhorn Abe Potash leaned forward and struck the table with his open hand.
Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter
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He treed the bruin with the aid of a greenhorn companion.
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I think it's also good to mix a few vets in with some greenhorns, show 'em the ropes if you know what I mean.
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It's enough to put the fear of god into a lily-livered greenhorn like myself.
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Her exalted position did not stop her from committing the sort of blunders which would have embarrassed even a political greenhorn.
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One greenhorn even made his investment by post after reading an Internet advert and receiving some expensive color brochures.
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The aparejo is then secured by a broad grass-band, which is drawn so tight, that the animal appears cut in two, and groans and grunts most awfully under the operation, which to a greenhorn seems most unnecessary and cruel.
Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains
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It's enough to put the fear of god into a lily-livered greenhorn like myself.
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Ha ! Ha ! You're a proper greenhorn, aren't you!
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I knew I looked like a complete greenhorn in front of him, and it was slightly embarrassing.
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In the US, even non-pros often know and play to a strict basic strategy: playing hunches is the mark of a greenhorn.
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Renee W. said, "Sometimes a greenhorn is a dark horse and even a nova.
Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
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Y Combinator a ‘farm team’ seed funder for greenhorns all of which are Web 2.0 wannabes that would have no chance of making it without a ’seed hedge fund’ manager.
Who Are the Y Combinator Companies?
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One hundred and twelve days before, the nine of us greenhorns, just out of training schools, took our first combat crew training flight together at Dyersburg Army Air Base, Tennessee.
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A greenhorn like you would just slow down the process.
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But China would probably prefer to deal with a known quantity than a greenhorn.
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A fool of a greenhorn was a-managin 'of the thing, an' this is the result.
The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave
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His first-time-out direction is imaginative and breathtakingly supple, the work of a greenhorn unsaddled by convention or limitation and able to tell a story in the precise terms forged by hundreds of live performances.
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As the only greenhorn aboard, I wasn't too concerned and thought this would be a good time to grab a snack.
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Being a "greenhorn" -- i.e., just off the boat -- was a put down back when your professor, PT, was coming up.
TPMCafe
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For Jews in New York, eating in Chinese restaurants signified that one was not a provincial or parochial Eastern European Jew, not a "greenhorn" or hick.
Boing Boing: December 29, 2002 - January 4, 2003 Archives
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The 40-year-old has come a long way from the political greenhorn that he was when he contested his first general election without a poster campaign.
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I inquired what he meant, was first called a greenhorn for not knowing, and then had it explained to me.
Frank Mildmay The Naval Officer
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He treed the bruin with the aid of a greenhorn companion.
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They basically left me to do whatever I wanted and I was extremely lucky to have this sort of freedom right from the beginning when I was a greenhorn, because it was what I needed creatively, and it set me on a good path.
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The greenhorn is seen in a rarely heard word of Chinook ancestry, cheechako, and an Algonquian term, sometimes used for cayuse, recognizes friendship in nitchie, also rare.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4
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There are step-by-step instructions to help you if you are a greenhorn.
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Critics have suggested that the veterans are in decline while the greenhorns are not good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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Liz, the greenhorn TV journalist in Correspondent, struggles to maintain her identity and ideals in the face of imminent danger, horrifying atrocities and an indifferent newsroom.
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Anyhow that means a sort of 'greenhorn' I suppose.
The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences
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The greenhorn is seen in a rarely heard word of Chinook ancestry, cheechako, and an Algonquian term, sometimes used for cayuse, recognizes friendship in nitchie, also rare.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4
