How to Use protégé in a Sentence

protégé

noun

• He was a protégé of the great composer.
• Aaliyah Houghton, the phenom singer and protege of Kelly’s who died in a plane crash in 2001.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
• Nicki Minaj, a Wayne protege, was among the first to speak out.
  — Variety, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• And then her protege is the one that takes her down, as opposed to the opposite.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 June 2023
• But the fit with Riley, an Air Raid protege of Leach, felt seamless.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
• For that one morning, Black and Roberts were not mentor and protege.
  — Orange County Register, 6 Apr. 2017
• Of course, Hildy — who has been losing clients to a former protege — is the one who’s in denial.
  — Pat Padua, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• In the ad, Fudge's mother says Brown is her daughter's protege.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
• But in his new role, Scharf is the first Dimon protege to become a head-to-head rival.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2019
• But when Phil recruits Peter as a pawn and protege, the story takes a turn.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Kennedy trekked to Denver to swear in his protege Neil Gorsuch on the appeals court 10 years ago.
  — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2017
• In New England, Belichick is the system, which means his proteges would have to take him with them.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2019
• That mentor-protege bond will be fun to keep tabs on as Harris tries to carve out a niche for himself in the NFL.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2019
• Before the coach knew it, his protege was bending his spine like a slinky over a bar six-feet, nine-inches high.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2022
• And on Tuesday night against the Phillies, Pedro’s protege was brilliant.
  — Scott Lauber, Philly.com, 27 June 2018
• Moyes still has a semblance of faith in his former protege, but knows the market is shrinking.
  — SI.com, 26 June 2019
• These days, Connelly, lends her sage wisdom to the group and speaks highly of her protege.
  — Donna M. Owens, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2022
• One of the Maryland Gazette’s first publishers was a protege of Benjamin Franklin’s.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2018
• Bill Robinson once chose a 6-year-old Bunny Briggs to go on tour as his protege.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2017
• The protege, the competitor, the friend thought of a Monday wake and Tuesday funeral.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 24 Sep. 2017
• But his two proteges have yet to justify his faith and teaching.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• After three seasons on Disney Plus, Din Djarin and his adorable protege are heading to the big screen.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
• But Barros, once Karadima's protege, still continued to have the support of the Catholic Church.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• Cohen heaps praise every time he's asked about his protege.
  — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2018
• The two continued to gush over each other, with Del Rey raising up her protege.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2024
• Even Bannon’s proteges, most notably Miller, appeared to turn their back on him.
  — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 10 Jan. 2018
• Taste of Country even reports that Shelton cancelled a show in 2016 to make it to his protege's wedding!
  — Megan Stein, Country Living, 4 Nov. 2018
• So on that score, the fact that even his youngest protege, Hu Chunhua, who had been in the previous Politburo, had every reason to stay.
  — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
• Alcaraz, who is deemed a protege of his fellow Spaniard, might inherit the title.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025
• Branden was Rand's protege and longtime lover.
  — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 22 June 2026