In a sentence
Six example sentences with amateur, each labelled with its topic.
An amateur with a borrowed lens took the sharpest picture of the eclipse that night, beating three staff crews.
Photography
The choir is filled with amateurs who rehearse after shifts and still fill the cathedral twice every December.
Music
The tournament bans anyone paid to play, so every amateur on the floor holds a day job somewhere.
Basketball
An amateur with a backyard telescope spotted the new comet weeks before the professional surveys logged it.
Science
The early Olympics admitted only amateurs, so a bricklayer who accepted prize money could lose his medal.
History
The gallery's summer show is open to any amateur, and a retired postman's watercolor took first prize.
Art
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