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noun

tyro

a beginner or novice

In a sentence

Six example sentences with tyro, each labelled with its topic.

  • A tyro at the stove, he burned two batches of onions before anyone told him to lower the flame.

    Cooking

  • The lobby paired a tyro who had played four matches against veterans with three thousand hours each.

    Gaming

  • Every tyro shoots a thousand frames of sunsets before learning that the interesting light comes twenty minutes later.

    Photography

  • Every tyro in the market buys at the top, then learns what patience costs by watching the chart for a year.

    Finance

  • A tyro at fundraising, the founder emailed sixty investors the same deck and heard back from two.

    Startups

  • The tyro missed his first eight free throws of the season before the coach adjusted his elbow.

    Basketball

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