Sentence examples for eager novice from inspiring English sources

Talking with eager novice nuns at her convent, Chittister recalls, she'd ask them: "Why do we pray?" Their pious answers were all about praising God.

Awarded annually to the what the judges decide is the best original short story by an African writer published in English, the prize is a good way for the eager novice to get his bearings in contemporary African fiction.

This is why many young managers, struggling to move past an "eager novice" image in the companies where they started their careers, end up pursuing growth and advancement elsewhere.

For eager novice builders, the King Arthur Flour Company, a destination for the baking obsessed in Norwich, Vt., offers three-day teach-ins led by Mr. Denzer and by Dr. Wing (www.kingarthurflour.com).

Eager novices can move on to drinking the spirit the way the Chinese traditionally do, in shots.

At Sotheby's first wine auction of the new season, the Saturday morning crowd consists of eager novices and savvy drinkers, collectors, speculators, consultants, brokers, restaurateurs and sommeliers.

With mismatched plates and bowls and a team of eager-but-novice chefs, Arevalito is hardly a sophisticated operation; it's Ms. Paz and her inviting spirit that keep the patrons coming.

Two terms in elected office — and in the headlines — have transformed the eager but awkward novice into a smoothly professional, enormously popular politician.

In years past, a dozen or so novices eager for practical stage experience headed there every summer.

For novices eager to learn style differences, both bottles, lightly chilled and sampled back to back, may prove rewarding.

Spend time in the courtyards talking to novices eager to practice their English, enjoy the fluttering of freshly laundered orange robes hanging on the line to dry or meditate in an empty sim, or temple.