Sentence examples for seized the first from inspiring English sources

Nadal broke Berdych at 4-3 and seized the first set with sharp serves and brutal backhands.

And with more than 1,000 vehicles seized, the first batch of 48 went on the auction block only last month.

But, with cruel timing, Virtual lowered his head at just the right moment and seized the first prize of £142,000 at odds of 6-1.

Federer last lost in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament in 2003, at the French Open, shortly before he seized the first of his six singles championships here.

For his part, Djokovic, who had lost seven games in his previous two matches, seized the first two sets against Youzhny with similar ease as the crowd fought back yawns and tried to remain interested.

As investigators continued to examine other evidence they had seized, the first funerals were held on a gloomy and chaotic day that brought word of a second survivor, a school employee who was wounded but had not been mentioned in earlier accounts of the carnage.

In the elimination round, known as the repechage, Nothstein seized the second position behind Rousseau.

(Copies of the first edition were burned by the New York postal authorities, and British customs officials seized the second edition in 1923).

The authorities said officers of the United States Marshal's Service and the police in Mexico City seized the second fugitive, Otis Blunt, 33, at a $10-a-night 10-a-night 10-a-night hotel

Toronto seized the seventh spot in the East with a victory over Cleveland, while Milwaukee bottomed out with a loss to Detroit to open up the final berth for Indiana.

He seized the first-round lead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Thursday with a 66 that was much harder that it looked.