Sentence examples for encounters first from inspiring English sources

Arriving from overseas, one encounters first this outward-looking city.

But before the night is over, he encounters first love and is forced to confront his heritage.

The obstacles he encounters, first from a local leader, then from forces even further beyond his control, seem heartbreakingly laughable, if there can be such a thing.

The Bad Girl is primarily a love story, the account of the narrator's obsession with a woman he encounters first in his teens and then intermittently over the following four decades, in different countries and hiding behind various identities.

But it still allows the soloist plenty of opportunities for display, ranging from elegantly contoured melodic lines to virtuoso outbursts that depict the Piper's torment when he encounters first the rats and then an obstreperous village band.

In its new environment the duck encounters first a fly, then a fish, then a mouse, and poses the same question to each: "Do you know who I am?" When they reply in a language the duck cannot understand, it sits down on a rock and weeps.

Ladies and gentlemen, buckle up, take a Klonopin and meet Justin Ross Lee, a 29-year-old social media monger who uses his celebrity encounters, first-class trips to global watering holes (using frequent-flier awards because he only looks wealthy) and dust-ups at clubs as online content.

I saw their first three encounters first-hand and am still at a loss to see the purpose or structure in what they are doing.

The most compelling thread is the one we encounter first.

Robert Joseph Allan I encountered first when he was a boy.

Readers of Monday's Post encountered first a notice from the Fox Broadcasting Company.