Sentence examples for battle the first from inspiring English sources

Who, then, were those volunteers -- the first to enlist, the first to taste battle, the first to die?

In battle, the first line of maniples attacked on the double, hurling javelins and then diving in with swords before the enemy had time to recover.

At 1 p.m. the house will also host a presentation on the battle, the first Continental Army victory of the Revolutionary War.

Mr. Keegan has paid rapt attention to the scope and minutiae of warfare in "The Face of Battle," "The First World War" and other major efforts.

There's been another ethical twist in the gay-marriage legal battle (the first one, which I wrote about earlier, involved a law firm deciding not to help defend the Defense of Marriage Act).

And in this economy, do you really want to raise prices?" Since losing the blower battle the first time around, Mr. Roberts has found a way to keep the peace on his street.

That's half the battle, the first-pitch strike, especially when you haven't seen the guy and you're trying to get a feel for him".

But the White House is bracing for a summertime confirmation battle, the second of the Obama presidency.

The excitement grew with swirling crescendos of sound in "Kullervo Goes to Battle," the fourth section.

In that battle, the Eighth New York Infantry Regiment was ambushed.

The stories are thematically linked in pairs: the first and final stories are reflective, the second and eighteenth involve battle, the third and seventeenth involve preparation for battle, a pattern which continues numerically.