How to Use mentee in a Sentence

mentee

noun
Definition of menteenext
  • Drag queen and activist Shea Couleé will be the Brand Lab’s first mentee.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Try to treat them more like your friend, and less like your intern or mentee.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Sometimes the mentee’s legacy eclipses that of the mentor.
    — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • David, a mentor, matched with his mentee about six months ago.
    — Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2021
  • But all of those black artists would be vastly eclipsed by their mentees.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Kappler remembers trying to keep it light and play the role of the mentee.
    — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2018
  • All of the youth mentees he’s talked to who have come home from fire camp have spoken highly of the program.
    — Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • My mentee Hannah and I stood on the 6.5 acres of farmland on the southwest edge of campus.
    — Karla Salinas, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The Voice stage once again, and is looking forward to her duet with her former mentee.
    — Alyssa Johnson, PEOPLE.com, 11 May 2021
  • Praying for her son and family, and many friends and mentees.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This is the last in a series highlighting some of the program's mentors and mentees.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2017
  • But the problem for women in the workforce is that there are many more mentees than mentors.
    — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2015
  • Mentors can learn just as much from their mentees as vice versa.
    — Gracey Cantalupo, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Being a mentor or mentee doesn’t have anything to do with age.
    — Elisha Brown, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Mena said that one of the best parts of her experience was getting to know the other mentees.
    — Beth Kowitt, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Not just someone who is looking to info dump or tell their mentee what to do.
    — Lisa Conn, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Let your mentee try new approaches or think outside the box.
    — Jaime Hunt, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Both the mentor and the mentee should plan to declare expectations in the first session.
    — Esther Weinberg, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • During the episode, coach Gwen Stefani's mentee Carter Rubin was named the winner of the fall 2020 season.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Since the families come from all over the country, the mentors may never meet the mentees in person.
    — chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • The Missouri Tigers and the Auburn Tigers never had the chance to play each other with the mentor and mentee battling from opposite sides of the field.
    — Giana Han, al, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Since their public love triangle and feud in the '90s, Evans has buried the hatchet with Biggie's mentee Lil' Kim.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 16 May 2017
  • So important, in fact, that close to 80 percent of mentors stay matched with their mentee for four or more years.
    — Imentor, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • When a mentee broke up with her boyfriend, Mr. Kaminsky bought her a plane ticket to see him, believing they were meant to be.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • This year, my mentee and I both left work early on days during Nowruz to celebrate.
    — Dr. Yasaman Sargol, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2023
  • While the official program is over, Alberts and her mentee are still in touch on work and life matters.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Williams brought his friends to the basketball court, and then kept coming back, first as a mentee, then as a mentor himself.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2018
  • Lois Jotter was one of her kind of students and, and mentees at the University of Michigan.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Joyner-Kersee, 62, who has been a steady presence in Hall's life, hugged her victorious mentee on Monday.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 25 June 2024
  • Culinary peers, mentors and mentees attended the memorial.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024

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