How to Use protégée in a Sentence

protégée

noun

• Spencer couldn’t wait to share the news of Rhodes’ 86-78 win in overtime at Glenville and what his protegee had just done.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
• The board dumped his protegee Bob Chapek soon after, when the company’s stock price nosedived and subscriber growth for the Disney+ service stalled.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2023
• She’s taken on her tour by the grumpy Liz, played by Oona Laurence, who doesn’t want to take on a protegee, who just wants to rescue her brother and fight monsters.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Giuliani and his protegee, Ellis, both striving to please the president, insisted that Trump’s fight was not over.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2020
• Readers who have been anticipating the follow-up to the first novel will be happy to know that Aja-Denise, Joe’s daughter and protegee, is back.
  — Tracy Clark, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• Comstock, his protegee, is trying to maintain that control.
  — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
• Among the well-wishers paying their respects to the legend and his protegee daughter at today’s event is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 25 Feb. 2020
• His protegee got the championship ball rolling orchestrating the moves that landed them Simmons and Embiid.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 13 Mar. 2021
• If a male leader or peer does not have female protegees, offer these tips to encourage them to diversify the impact of their mentorship.
  — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2019
• Shortly after the overthrow, Nakuina and her protegee Wilhelmina Dowsett began organizing for women’s right to vote on the islands.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
• Chief among them was his former protegee and eventual nemesis, Boris Yeltsin, who became Russia’s first president.
  — Jim Heintz, ajc, 30 Aug. 2022
• With her cunning patriotism, Mei quickly becomes the 72-year-old Chairman’s lover, confidante and protegee.
  — Qian Julie Wang, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• Harris is not involved in the federal indictment for Mosby and has not commented on the matter targeting her former protegee.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2022
• Internally, Dantonio’s protegee, Mike Tressel, sits at the helm of the football program on an interim basis.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2020
• Provide tools and resources to help sponsors connect with their protegees and understand their career aspirations.
  — Julie Kratz, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• Several clubs and players around the world are still praising Ronaldinho for his football legacy, including his former teammate and protegee Lionel Messi.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2018
• The region’s best winemakers and their protegees come here to sell their latest passion projects and side hustles — and the most prolific collectors of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon come for the bragging rights for discovering them before anyone else.
  — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• The ultimate outcome of that discontent was the removal of former president Dilma Rousseff, a protegee of Lula, and the rise of Bolsonaro, a former fringe lawmaker who campaigned against corruption and violent crime.
  — Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2019
• One Brown protegee, Mike Smith, is among the newer consultants to gain renown.
  — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Aug. 2022