How to Use the uninitiated in a Sentence
the uninitiated
noun-
The scene on Ninilchik Beach can seem a bit strange to the uninitiated.
— Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023 -
For the uninitiated: To skate, in French, is skater, i.e. je skate, tu skates, il/elle/on skate.
— Tom Nouvian, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024 -
For the uninitiated, the series hinges on the tale of a girls high-school soccer team whose plane crashed in the wilderness.
— Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023 -
For the uninitiated, don't fret, because there's not much to catch up on.
— Danielle Cohen, Allure, 11 Mar. 2023 -
So, for the uninitiated, a quick primer: First of all, Mellow Corn is a corn whiskey, not a bourbon.
— Tony Sachs, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023 -
But the process for how to make kouign amann—as well as how to pronounce it—can be perplexing to the uninitiated.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023 -
For the uninitiated, a foul ball behind the plate generates a lot of top spin.
— Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 June 2023 -
For the uninitiated, the titles are plays on Taylor Swift songs.
— Vildana Hajric, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023 -
Learn More › To the uninitiated, choosing the right type of fly fishing line can be rather daunting.
— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 6 July 2023 -
Transform your time in the water with a solid set of fins (that is, flippers for the uninitiated).
— Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023 -
And for the uninitiated, this is not how the MLS regular-season works.
— The Enquirer, 24 May 2023 -
For the uninitiated, depression doesn't exist in the same sphere as love.
— Jane Pauley, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023 -
This can cause the uninitiated or overly brave to consume more.
— Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Bathing stark naked with strangers certainly isn’t meant for the demure and can be quite jarring for the uninitiated.
— Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023 -
For the uninitiated, pellet grills are much smarter than gas or charcoal grills.
— Tim Clark, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 -
For the uninitiated, there’s a lot to learn, but the basics aren’t too complicated.
— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Much of the book’s appeal lies in that implicit promise to help find the beauty hidden in what can seem, to the uninitiated, a writhing mass of noise.
— Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023 -
To the uninitiated, Barone wore a sparkly silver dress.
— Leah Dolan, CNN, 29 July 2024 -
Not so with this retinol serum, which contains a stabilized form of pure retinol that’s gentle enough for the uninitiated.
— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2024 -
To the uninitiated, some of them could be confused for the real deal, according to Morling.
— Ashleigh Furlong, Fortune Europe, 13 Mar. 2024 -
Hell, the uninitiated could just skip the hierarchy and go through them in order.
— A.a. Dowd, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023 -
So, for the uninitiated, what are the CliffsNotes of your history with Ike?
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023 -
To explain for the uninitiated, the Pitch Perfect actor played Todd Eames on four episodes of the medical drama in 2022.
— Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 24 July 2024 -
The app’s user base skews young, and the content brims with references, memes and in-jokes the uninitiated won’t understand.
— Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Birria tacos, for the uninitiated, hold a rich, savory beef stew steeped in herbs, spices, garlic, and chilis that is slow braised to fall-apart, back-of-the fork tenderness.
— Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023 -
Rishi, for the uninitiated, spent much of the past season falling deeper into debt.
— Jason Parham, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024 -
The notion of assembling a mole can be daunting to the uninitiated, so the book divides the moles by texture: recipe for thins come first, followed by thicks.
— Scott Hocker, theweek, 3 Sep. 2024 -
There are a lot of numbers in fly fishing, and some of the numbering may not make sense to the uninitiated—or to the initiated, for that matter.
— Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2023 -
As unlikely a star Wallen may be to the uninitiated, his fans absolutely adore the guy.
— Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 20 June 2024 -
The skinny on capers For the uninitiated, capers are the unripened, pea-sized buds of the prickly caper bush, or Capparis spinosa.
— Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
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