Sentence examples for glean first-hand from inspiring English sources

The press must rely on officially guided visits to glean first-hand information.

From allotment growers in Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham, they were able to glean first-hand knowledge about growing these plants in the UK climate and to collect over 250 different types of seeds and cuttings.

The phrase is generally used to distinguish between what's happening in practice, according to evidence gleaned at first hand, and what's happening in theory, according to evidence gleaned from reports written by Geneva-based suits and ivory tower-based academics.

Based on first-hand tidbits I have gleaned from those in touch with the Romney campaign, along with some informed speculation on their part, the top two candidates at this moment are former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty and Ohio senator Rob Portman, with Florida senator Marco Rubio also having an outside shot.

It seems first-hand.

Morgan Gillis knows this first-hand.

It's clear the director didn't know what, if anything, he'd glean upon first planting himself in South Central.

"This kind of second-hand experience," he adds, gleaned from the media, "is one of the dominating realities of our time".

Armed with such second-hand information and whatever can be gleaned from public records Mr. Gross often seems to be ticking off descriptions of places he hasn't seen.

Merce Cunningham, "Second Hand".

"Fifth hand.