Sentence examples for they were apprentices from inspiring English sources

They did not call them slaves, they were "apprentices" – not purchased, but "redeemed".

Mr. Witting met his wife, Renee Rogers, while they were apprentices.

Perhaps they were apprentices once, before a lifetime of listening to Sir Alan honking on about his self-made millions slowly evaporated their emotions.

Like their baseball-playing frat-brother counterparts, Williams and Snook are old friends; they were apprentices together at Des Moines Metro Opera, in Iowa, six years ago.

Stoke City Football Club was formed in 1863 under the name of "Stoke Ramblers" by former pupils of Charterhouse School whilst they were apprentices at the North Staffordshire Railway.

Between the two examinations, they were apprenticed, or articled to established lawyers.

Re "Positions Available: $12,900 to Start, Advancement Possible," May 9: I don't think that any Major League Soccer developmental player would appreciate Commissioner Don Garber's statement that they are apprentices akin to those engaged in a minor league sport.

However, these apprentices reflect about being full participants in their community at the same time as they state that they are apprentices in the process of education, with opportunities to choose tasks that enhance the development of vocational competencies.

This week: I've stopped caring, pretty much, who everyone is: and decided to take them for what they are: Apprentice candidates.

They were called "apprentices", but they were slaves.

Mary McCarthy, Bernard Malamud and Saul Bellow were apprentice contributors.