How to Use the uninitiated in a Sentence

the uninitiated

noun
  • Ross, for the uninitiated, took the kick and sent the shot wide.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • But for the uninitiated, what does that mean?
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • For the uninitiated, beer engines are hand pumps that pull beer from a cask.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • For the uninitiated, don't fret, because there's not much to catch up on.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Now, for the uninitiated, chocolate is one of those sneaky stains.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
  • To the uninitiated, baobab fruit looks like pieces of white chalk, with thin pale red roots curling out.
    Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The scene on Ninilchik Beach can seem a bit strange to the uninitiated.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • The exchange may seem odd to the uninitiated.
    Adam M. Rosen, thehustle.co, 12 Dec. 2025
  • To the uninitiated, a challenge coin is just a disc of metal.
    Divyaditya Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For the uninitiated, pellet grills are much smarter than gas or charcoal grills.
    Tim Clark, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • This can cause the uninitiated or overly brave to consume more.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That eye, to the uninitiated, looks more like a panic button.
    Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Jokes told in the ancient language of the sagas may come off like riddles to the uninitiated.
    Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
  • For the uninitiated, a foul ball behind the plate generates a lot of top spin.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • There's also a tip sheet for how to use the binoculars for the uninitiated, like me.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • For the uninitiated, pigs in a blanket are a kid-friendly cousin of British sausage rolls.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
  • But the process for how to make kouign amann—as well as how to pronounce it—can be perplexing to the uninitiated.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023
  • For the uninitiated, Yudkowsky is no fringe voice.
    Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Vegemite, for the uninitiated, is a salty brown yeast paste that Australians love to spread on toast.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
  • For the uninitiated, the series hinges on the tale of a girls high-school soccer team whose plane crashed in the wilderness.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • For the uninitiated, depression doesn't exist in the same sphere as love.
    Jane Pauley, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But for the uninitiated, the question of which pencil to stake your claim on can be either daunting or dull.
    Air Mail, 10 May 2025
  • To the uninitiated, the idea of a modern-day treasure hunt may seem like something of a fool's errand.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Transform your time in the water with a solid set of fins (that is, flippers for the uninitiated).
    Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023
  • The sessions could be startling for the uninitiated.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Bathing stark naked with strangers certainly isn’t meant for the demure and can be quite jarring for the uninitiated.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Hell, the uninitiated could just skip the hierarchy and go through them in order.
    A.a. Dowd, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023
  • So, to the uninitiated, you're excused.
    Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
  • Rishi, for the uninitiated, spent much of the past season falling deeper into debt.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2024
  • To the uninitiated, the phrase raw water might seem redundant.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Jan. 2025

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