Sentence examples similar to a first-rate exemplar from inspiring English sources

My No. 1 favorite restaurant from last year remains as engaging (and busy) as I remember it, which means you can still find at this Italian American exemplar a first-rate Caesar salad, a pizza of distinction (go for the spunky "antipasto" toppings) and desserts worth sticking around for, Nutella pie most of all.

He was a first-rate parliamentarian.

A FIRST-RATE MADNESS, by Nassir Ghaemi.

A first-rate piece of social reportage.

A first-rate action sequence ensues.

E is a first-rate factoid.

Mr. Fischer is a first-rate Mozart conductor.

Mumbai has a third-rate infrastructure.

Attended a "second-rate boarding school".

It was a third-rate mystery novel.

Be a first rate version of yourself.