Sentence examples for first to strike from inspiring English sources

Monday's earthquake, with a 6.3 magnitude, was not the first to strike the central Italian city.

Clara Baker, my second-youngest sister, was the first to strike out on her own.

The General Motors Corporation was the first to strike such a partnership.

First to strike was the pretender to the throne, the upstart Preserve.

Lithuania was the first to strike out for freedom; it will not be the last, despite Washington.

This same court in 1948 became the first to strike down race restrictions on the freedom to marry.

The drought is the fourth to strike the South in the last seven years.

It took the Lions all of 10 seconds to strike back.

The Mabees' only other Derby starter as owners was Best Pal, second to Strike the Gold in 1991.

It was the second car bomb in Hermel in recent weeks and the fourth to strike Lebanon this year in mostly Shiite Muslim areas.

The Dodgers manufactured a run in the third inning to strike first.