Sentence examples for invoked first from inspiring English sources

Robert Browning is invoked first in Shackleton's sales pitch to a potential investor in her drawing room, and then to bolster the spirits of his icebound men.

As the spring 2002 collections ended in Paris last week, replete with clothes that invoked first holy communion dresses, collars that called to mind Mary Queen of Scots and caftans that would have found a friend in Mama Cass, it was apparent that seduction had been declared last millennium's news.

It is based on the same basic architecture of the general service location mechanisms, and can be seen as a discovery heuristics that will be invoked first when discovering a media gateway.

Four of the baseball players invoked fifth amendment rights not to self-incriminate during the discovery phase of the litigation.

Making America great again by invoking first principles like fairness, rather than stoking populist anger: It's the way to go, I believe, but will we?

In the U.S., religious groups are increasingly invoking First Amendment rights to claim exemptions and discriminate on grounds of religious freedom.

The lawyer who advised them that Mr. Fields would invoke Fifth Amendment rights is no longer representing Mr. Fields, they said.

Google does this for its fleet of iOS apps, for example, but there is no standard for invoking third-party apps that all developers can hook into.

Mr. Boomer's defense invoked the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

Linda Himelstein, a Business Week editor, took the stand and invoked the First Amendment and New York's "shield law".

Many plaintiffs, like Mr. Weingartz and Hercules, have invoked the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.