How to Use amateur in a Sentence

amateur

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  • Lee is the first amateur the Red Sox have signed from the country since righthander Byung Yoo in 2002.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • In 1951, he was named the country's top amateur athlete by the AAU.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • For the first time, the amateur draft was scheduled to take place in Atlanta during the break.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Most of the primo talent gets snatched up in the amateur draft, framed around 18-year-olds.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2022
  • JJ Bleday, the fourth pick in the 2019 amateur draft, homered, tripled and drove in two runs for the Marlins.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The amateur videographer did not want to be named for fear of reprisals.
    — Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2021
  • What other wonders might arise out of the soil of the eager amateur?
    — Caty Enders, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Since that time, the Condors haven’t been overwhelmed with help from the big club in the way of amateurs signing pro deals.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Rangers found a first-round talent still sticking around in the 19th round Tuesday as the amateur draft wound down.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
  • Bowman should aim high, and sign top-end amateurs to full NHL deals.
    — Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • All would be sharing the track with me, a total amateur.
    — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • For amateurs who want to show off their own strength, there will be games and skill tests ranging from a 40-yard dash to field goal kicks.
    — Kynala Phillips, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Now, North Texas will be the center of the amateur scouting universe for two weeks this spring.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The Mobleys, for a while, played on second-tier amateur teams.
    — New York Times, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Greene, the fifth overall pick in the 2019 amateur draft, throws lefthanded.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Kipp Fagg, who oversees the amateur draft, will now report to Boyd.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Doyle is one of the state’s top high school golfers and competes in some of the nation’s top amateur tournaments.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 7 June 2021
  • Sargent finished nine shots ahead of the No. 2 amateur, Ben Carr.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 19 June 2023
  • As such, the Mets will receive a compensation pick after the fourth round of the 2023 amateur draft.
    — Lindsey Adler, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
  • His 65 in the second round of that year's Open tied for the lowest-ever score by an amateur in golf's oldest event.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2023
  • While Orenstein’s garment is the work of an amateur, this book is anything but.
    — Kimberly Schaye, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Executives spent the first three weeks of the month occupied by the amateur draft.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
  • Osborne ended up being the local amateur with the best score, both on the day and for the tournament.
    — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 18 June 2021
  • There was a good amateur circuit where the top East Coast surfers came into Newport.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Four of the first five selections in the July amateur draft were Black for the first time in baseball history.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Lamprecht is also the first amateur to shoot a round in the 60s in an Open at Royal Liverpool.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • High school junior Megha Ganne played in the final group but shot 77 and finished 3 over as the low amateur for the tournament.
    — Josh Dubow, ajc, 7 June 2021
  • In the span of a couple of weeks in the late summer of 2009, the Red Sox signed three shortstops as international amateur free agents.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022
  • The typical long-term buy-and-hold amateur will stay in tune with broad market trends and tend to do better than tactical professionals.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025
  • International players under the age of 25 are considered amateurs and can only sign a minor-league contract with an additional bonus.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025

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