Sentence examples for first struggling from inspiring English sources

"It is overwhelming for me, first, struggling for 25 years as Ed Johnetta Miller, a weaver," she said.

Gauguin met Pissarro about 1874 and began to study under the supportive older artist, at first struggling to master the techniques of painting and drawing.

Berbatov went close from another Riether cross, with Jamie Carragher at first struggling to deal with the Bulgarian in his last away game as a Liverpool player.

South Korea is not the first struggling economy to have deployed design as a strategic tool: Italy and Denmark did so with resounding success after World War II, followed by Japan and, more recently, by China.

Yet Mr. Lee has had an even rockier time in the public-opinion polls than Mr. Obama, first struggling with street protests over imports of American beef and, to this day, fending off criticism of his business ethics.

When Ms. Allen was first struggling over estate taxes, a local banker told her, "This bank will not go down in history as letting the Allen farm go under".

First, struggle to establish an elusive Quorum of Players.

He knew no English and at first struggled in business.

But when he reached the N.B.A. Redick at first struggled to earn meaningful playing time.

It could have never happened if I had been allowed to quit when I first struggled with math.

Facebook first struggled in the public markets, but has now gained more than five times its value in the past 3 years.