Sentence examples for before stunning from inspiring English sources

Iconoclastic, adventuresome and abundantly idealistic, Ms. Loyd studied at Wellesley before stunning her friends by enlisting in the Army, where she developed a love affair with Afghanistan.

In the sixth round, Holyfield, again using combinations and again pushing Rahman into the ropes, went to the body twice before stunning Rahman with a left uppercut.

Amazon Kingfishers hunt fish and crustaceans from a perch, diving into the water to catch their prey and then returning to the same perch before stunning their prey and swallowing it head first.

One is the 6-foot-10 Michael Chandler, one of the country's top-5 centers, who committed first to Louisville, then to Xavier — two legitimate powers — before stunning the basketball establishment by choosing Central Florida.

Faced with the tough surroundings of French Open qualifying last week, somehow she won through to the main draw, saving multiple match points during her three matches before stunning Julia Goerges, 7-6 (8), 6-0, in the first round.

Black, 65, the Liverpool-born singer who went on to carve out a successful career as a TV presenter, hosted Blind Date for 18 years before stunning bosses by announcing on the first live episode that she was quitting.

The 21-year-old received the ball from Joleon Lescott on the edge of the area and turned before curling a stunning shot into the bottom corner.

She won over viewers last week when she winked at judges before her floor routine and muttered "I got this" before her stunning show on the balance beam.

The film moves through layers of menace and dread before a stunning conclusion.

Men's soccer was popular even before the stunning European championships in Portugal last month.

He birdied the 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th before a stunning fairway wood approach to the 8th set up an eight-foot eagle chance.