Sample sentences for PROT�G�

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someone who receives help in their career from a more experienced or influential mentor or patron

One of the contestants will get a chance to become Donald Trumps protégé with a salary $250,000.

her latest protégé
My dears, you imagined, I believe, that you were about to patronize this young gentleman, like some poor protege picked up somewhere, and taken under your magnificent protection.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
This led to a more friendly and confidential dialogue; from which Oliver discovered that his friend's name was Jack Dawkins, and that he was a peculiar pet and protege of the elderly gentleman before mentioned.
Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
The chauffeur — he was one of Wolfshiem's protégés — heard the shots — afterward he could only say that he hadn't thought anything much about them.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
He was our driver from the airport, a protégé of mine and the son of a classmate I roomed with at the university.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Dr. Barnard was a key player in this inner council and was said to be a protégé of the president.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
He demanded a great deal from protégés and colleagues, and he always forgave them when they didn't measure up.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
"Your protege has made us late," said he.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Codman, his protégé, whom he loved like a son.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
Bet you can't guess who the leaders' new protégé is.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
That his protégé should turn out to be a maniac!
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
Well, I shall write to the abbe; I shall hold him responsible for his protege's misconduct, and I shall soon know all about this assassination.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
And there's her latest protégé—the clumsy, charmless Mr. Bumble."
Libba Bray -- A Great and Terrible Beauty
As I recall, you have been less than successful with your own protégés.
James A. Owen -- Here, There be Dragons
Meanwhile she lay on her bed with old Joanna at her side, for even in her wanderings she did not forget her forlorn protege.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
It does chance that her taste is mine in very many cases; but you underrate our protege when you speak of her as ignorant and uncultured.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
We knew you weren't related to Mrs. Renling because we heard her say once to Mrs. Zeeland that you were her husband's protege.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
The leader of the team was Sherrie's protégé, another bright young civil attorney out of Boalt, Janice Pawlowsky.
Chang-rae Lee -- Native Speaker
He is a distant relation of Lavinia's protege.
Henry James -- Washington Square

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