Sentence examples for favorite at first from inspiring English sources

"I don't think he was the favorite at first," said Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Gallery in London, whose contemporary-art patrons established the prize in 1984.

Although he will no doubt be considered the favorite at first, especially considering the blood-letting that has taken place in the Republican primaries for the third campaign running, Mr. Gore faces problems.

Bill Clinton, on the other hand, wasn't Walters' favorite at first.

The first stanza reads: the old sit promiscuously eye the favorite beauty "At first I was surprised by how the themes seemed to emerge from the random words," said Mr. Valentine, an aspiring playwright in Brooklyn.

One of my favorite travel photos, at first glance, appeared not to meet my usual standards.

Your growls will not sound as clean and deep or brutal as your favorite metal artists at first, but with practice you'll soon get there.

That's one reason that James Caan, a Coppola favorite, wasn't cast, at first, as Sonny; Coppola and Roos had selected an actor named Carmine Caridi, who, Roos says, "looked exactly the way Sonny was described in the book".

Pyro, the betting favorite at 7-2, finished third, five and a quarter lengths behind Mambo in Seattle.

Owner Ahmed Zayat's American Pharoah, seeking to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since 1978, and the 12th all-time, was made the obvious morning-line favorite at 3-5. Second choice in the betting was 5-1 Frosted, with veteran Joel Rosario aboard.

The second favorite, at 3-1, is Amandine, who is looking for her first win in the U.S. after failing in three races.

Armbro Rotary and Silver Pine will leave from the second and third post, respectively, and were installed as the second favorite at 7-2.