Sentence examples for first hand of from inspiring English sources

The accountant graciously insists that I take his place, and I play my first hand of mah-jongg.

I could not have imagined what it is like for the city's transport officials to work on its suburban rail system until I heard at first hand of the effects of a security-guard strike that involved scores of murders.

And I could not help be intrigued to hear the origins, at first hand, of that grandiose, rich sound, the layered effects, multiple delays, switched pickup combinations and live overdubbing that complemented so well the famous flamboyance of Freddie Mercury.

Stashing their furs in the closet, popping open a bottle of Lanson Brut that had been sent up by the hotel management, and lighting the wood that had been artfully stacked in the room's fireplace, the women sat down at a square table covered with a green cloth and started playing their first hand of bridge.

Nowadays it means that when they go abroad, instead of meeting foreigners, they tend to talk only to each other, and thus learn little at first hand of people beyond their shores.Japan closes itself off from the world in other ways too.

Across the country, same-sex couples who have been celebrating the increasingly rapid rate at which states have passed marriage equality laws (or at least, failed to block marriage equality from becoming the law), are starting to feel the impact, first hand, of what that means for their personal finances.

Mr. Cohen kept his eye on the second hand of his wristwatch along the sideline.

His action when he takes back his club calls to mind a hitch in the second hand of a clock.

'Second Hand' is a quirky poem, as it deals with both the second hand of a watch and the secondhand nature of the watch.

Elsewhere are two institutional-type clocks on opposite walls, the second hand of one going faster than normal while that of the other is going slower.

The traditional second hand of the Commander Series has been scrapped in favor of a second wheel.