Sentence examples for nearly the first time from inspiring English sources

Obama, for nearly the first time in his Presidency, emphasized the ideological divide between the two parties rather than offering bromides about what they shared.

"A Return," by Ben Bradlee (October 2, 2006) Bradlee, who served on a Navy destroyer during the Second World War, writes about reuniting with his fellow-sailors and talking about his experiences for nearly the first time.

Hard as it may be to credit in an age of inclusion, the Grand Divertissement à Versailles was very nearly the first time that anyone in Paris had seen an African-American woman on a catwalk.

You feel me?" The film is laced together with intimate family moments like a baby walking for nearly the first time while an off-camera voice explains the child took his first steps once he got to Texas, suddenly turning the home movie-esque clip into a larger metaphor.

One doctor even sighed at me after I visited him for nearly the tenth time, begging for an answer.

He nearly won the first time he played here, finishing in a tie for seventh in his first start three years ago.

I think he nearly cried the first time he did it.

I was nearly incapacitated the first time I brought my boyfriend to a work event.

Cafferkey nearly died twice – the first time after being diagnosed in Scotland.

Severe thunderstorms during the afternoon forced suspension of play twice, including nearly two hours the first time...

At that time, the twin towers were nearly full for the first time since the trade center opened in the mid-1970's.