Sentence examples for second-hand revelation from inspiring English sources

Central to the brouhaha ('The truth behind the affair of the century' screamed one recent headline) is the rather second-hand revelation, by an improbable cast of relatives and commentators, that the 'C' (or, in American editions, Catherine) to whom The End of the Affair is dedicated was Catherine Walston, the beautiful and high-spirited American wife of the Labour peer Henry Harry Walstonon.

To be awoken on Sunday morning with these first-hand revelations left me in need of a very strong cup of tea (with two sugars).

The opening scene of Episode 3, "The Murderous Corpse," makes a very sophisticated use of blocking and composition to direct the viewer's eye to different areas of the frame as characters enter and leave a second-hand clothing shop, climaxing with the revelation of a trap door leading to one of Fantômas's secret escape routes.

Shop second-hand.

Buy second-hand clothing.

Blame second-hand smoke.

Consider going second-hand.

Purchase second-hand.

Buy second hand.

Have second-hand sale.

Try buying second-hand jewelry.