Sentence examples for a total novice from inspiring English sources

How did the stars of the poker world react to being beaten by a total novice?

Instead, he wanted to write an intelligent examination of a complex and highly technical subject, and yet accessible enough for a total novice to find it readable.

Dhoni stood about five feet from the stumps to his left-arm spinner, a sight usually only seen when the village team's second eleven has turned up without a wicketkeeper and a total novice has been pressed into service.

But putting a total novice like Gov. Sarah Palin in a position that could lead to her assuming the role of president of the United States, Mr. Friedman adds, "is flat out reckless".

But putting the country in the position where a total novice like Sarah Palin could be asked to steer us through possibly the most serious economic crisis of our lives is flat out reckless.

If you want to thread the needle between someone who's not a total novice and someone old enough to join AARP, O'Rourke fits the bill (as would 49-year-old Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey).

-Your First Year As a High School Teacher: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional by Lynne Marie Rominger, Suzanne Packard Laughrea and Natalie Elkin.

Shea is not a total political novice.

He is, he says, not a total jumping novice.

I am a total horticultural novice but you cannot plant so much as a plug of curly leaved parsley without feeling a connection not only to the earth but to the countless generations who have worked the land before you.

Being a total garden novice I relied on her expert knowledge to give me an understanding of what they do, why it's different, and how people benefit from volunteering.