Sentence examples for gain firsthand from inspiring English sources
During Burges's apprenticeship he studied medieval architecture, visiting the Continent to gain firsthand impressions.
There was no way to immediately gain firsthand confirmation of the deaths late today.
He was not content to learn merely from books and teachers but traveled widely to gain firsthand knowledge of the countries about which he wrote.
At Greystone, where the Center is housed, Fellows gain firsthand knowledge working with the film and television veterans on the Center's faculty, and from the professional film artists who function as tutors, advisors, and seminar speakers.
Great discomfort and delay was caused to travelers; the prison reformer John Howard had, in 1786, deliberately sailed from Smyrna to Venice in a ship with a foul bill of health so that he could gain firsthand experience of lazarettos; his account (An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe [1789]) presents a depressing picture.
Though they can still be viewed by their followers and those who input the URL directly, Syrian hashtag searches – vital to many hoping to gain firsthand news from the country – are no longer flooded with links to photographs and football stats.
There she gained firsthand insight into the miserable conditions of the urban poor.
The trip is another demonstration of the Council's new policy of gaining firsthand familiarity with areas on which it must make decisions.
Now, years later, as a veteran volunteer emergency room advocate for domestic violence survivors, I've gained firsthand knowledge of the power of active screening for abuse, the absolute necessity of addressing this issue that many still find too "awkward" to confront.
Only by getting out into the field and gaining firsthand knowledge of the way things really work can you hope to understand how to streamline and improve on things within that field.
The centerpiece of that effort has been a push for officials to mix with the masses and gain a firsthand appreciation of their hopes and grievances.
