Sentence examples for joining the first from inspiring English sources

Cepeda was a first baseman and an outfielder before joining the first class of designated hitters.

I was joining the first wave of Marines, who would be dropped into Marja before dawn on Day 1.

It was Wilhelm who persuaded Turkey into joining the first world war with a mixture of gold, blandishments and promises.

Joining the first Bourbon Restoration (1814), Guizot emerged as an influential proponent of constitutional monarchy, a position that earned him the lasting hatred of ultraroyalist groups.

Guo and Wang were fifteen when they won coveted places at the institute in Beijing, joining the first four-year design program offered by a Chinese vocational college.

Eventually a third player came on the court, joining the first hitting partner, only he stood at the net, directing hard volleys at Murray, who returned from the baseline.

He rose quickly up the ranks after joining the first-class panel of umpires in 1981 and stood in three successive World Cup finals.

Most were strangers before joining the third Tuesday group, though a few went further back.

A number of lenders have expressed an interest in joining the second phase.

As a youth, Graham played football for the Police Athletic League Detroit Giants for seven years until joining the eighth grade team.

The polymorphic residue is in the loop joining the second and thitd ankyrin repeats of p16INK4A.