Sentence examples for first brunt from inspiring English sources

By now, those two deaths and more than 100 injuries attributed to Mr. Rudolph look less shocking than the first brunt of fear we felt then.

First Brunt found swing back into Kamini to trap the left-hander lbw, then she tempted Raj to upper-cut to Shrubsole at third man.

He goes from city to city, anonymous boardroom to anonymous boardroom, telling people not to take it personally, to look at the severance package they're being offered, and absorbs the first brunt of their rage and sadness before flying off to the next victim.

Food price inflation takes time to feed into the grocery counter, but dairy, meat and poultry -- all dependent on corn for feeding animals -- generally feel the brunt first.

The lowest-rated securities (the last to get the cashflows and the first to bear the brunt of default) are known as "equity".

The company was one of the first to feel the brunt of the recession and a global clampdown on technology spending.

These workers were the first to bear the brunt of the flood when the banks overflowed -- many drowned -- and the last to leave the refugee camps.

But when times get harder - and as sure as eggs is eggs they will - the overseas arms of foreign businesses (that is, British businesses - keep up, please) will be the first to bear the brunt of retrenchment, job cuts and divestment.

Heavily-in-debt countries were the first to feel the brunt.

European Small-Cap Value 07.17.02 Historically the first to bear the brunt of a bad economy, small-caps are often the first to bounce back.

"They are inevitable for any political force, especially for one which, not for the first year, bears the brunt of responsibility for the situation in the country".