Sentence examples for first take is from inspiring English sources

"Often the first take is the first rehearsal".

His only mistake on the first take is to pay homage to "Cold Stone" Steve Austin – rather than the old wrestler's "Stone Cold" nickname.

With it, the movie is a literal event, one that seems like a horrible but essential lesson in the essence of documentary and improvisation — namely the first take is necessarily the last, for good, and anything short of death is just a movie.

"Our first take is that this is a good deal for both companies," Citibank analyst David Driscoll said in a note to investors.

Hank Greely, an expert on law and genetics at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, says his "first take" is that it's "much ado over not very much".

But his first take is that NSABB and Gryphon "accept very credulously the unvalidated statements by those who do and fund GOF of concern studies that these studies offer unique practical benefits … [T]he NSABB draft report seems to show much more optimism than I think is warranted that existing structures can take care of the issue.

But the first take was cool with me.

The first take was ragged; the second was both more relaxed and more vivid.

He then offered a vivid recap: "The first take was comically disastrous.

The first take was by Taj Mahal, singing in his gruff, lean voice with a finger-picked acoustic guitar.

Well, my first take was pretty bad.