Examples of mentor in a Sentence
Noun
After college, her professor became her close friend and mentor.
He needed a mentor to teach him about the world of politics.
We volunteer as mentors to disadvantaged children.
young boys in need of mentors
Verb
The young intern was mentored by the country's top heart surgeon.
Our program focuses on mentoring teenagers.
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Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Guided by his father’s insistence on self-education and critical thinking and African American mentors (and heavily influenced by self-help books like Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill), Muhammad learned that access to wisdom could transcend circumstance.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
King has been practicing music for most of his life and was even mentored by the late Blues legend James Cotton.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 5 May 2025
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Noun
In the 1970s and 1980s, in dialogue with their mentors Bernd and Hilla Becher, artists like Andreas Gursky gradually moved away from black-and-white purism, embracing color and exploring banal themes through portraits, cityscapes and cultural landmarks.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Guided by his father’s insistence on self-education and critical thinking and African American mentors (and heavily influenced by self-help books like Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill), Muhammad learned that access to wisdom could transcend circumstance.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Verb
She was selected for BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew mentoring programme.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 May 2025
King has been practicing music for most of his life and was even mentored by the late Blues legend James Cotton.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 5 May 2025
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“Mentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mentor. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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mentor
1 of 2 noun
men·tor
ˈmen-ˌtȯ(ə)r 
ˈment-ər
: a wise and faithful adviser or teacher
mentor
2 of 2 verb
: to serve as a mentor for : tutor
a volunteer who mentors students
Geographical Definition
Mentor
geographical name
Men·tor
ˈmen-tər
city in northeastern Ohio northeast of Cleveland population 47,159
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