Sentence examples similar to distinctly first from inspiring English sources

In the rock scene — energized by breakout artists like Broken Social Scene, Feist and Final Fantasy — young Torontonians saw something distinctly home-grown, and distinctly first-rate.

Pearls (1992) Despite their association with luxe signifiers, it's often overlooked that Sade could turn her melancholy-suffused voice to social issues with surprising feel; the juxtaposition here of "a woman in Somalia" and the distinctly first-world metaphor "it hurts like brand new shoes" works because the tragedy is of both narrator and object being trapped in bubbles they can't escape from.

For 80 minutes CSKA were distinctly second best.

Mr Tsvangirai, as compensation, became a distinctly second-fiddle prime minister.

For when it comes to parenting, most fathers are distinctly second-best.

Higginson is quick to weed out Raabe ("distinctly second rate"), Schneevoigt ("the same") and Steinbach ("not a conductor of genius").

It does not fully explain, however, why they were distinctly second best to the team who finished seven points behind them in the Championship.

Some disappoint simply by having a distinctly second-best prose style — and so insult the author to whom they mean to show respect.

But in terms of the march of science, both events were of distinctly second-order magnitude, a fact almost impossible to convey at the time.

Before the start of this year's Six Nations Championship, Warren Gatland, the Wales coach, hinted that it took a distinctly second place behind a good World Cup in the autumn.

However, they were distinctly second-best in three successive matches prior to the trip to Victoria Park and we see steady regression in the weeks and months to come.