Sentence examples for first were from inspiring English sources

His comments, first, were a bit condescending.

Among the first were French Voisins.

The first were discovered one year ago.

Many of the first were for drugs.

(He had forgotten what the first were).

The first were ordained two years later.

Some of the very first were promotional giveaways.

First were the warnings of a "wages breakout".

In the first were winners of the Illinois state lottery.

The pickings, at first, were not too promising.

"The first were barbiturates, introduced in the 1940s and 50s.