Sentence examples for that have prefaced from inspiring English sources

But Steinbrenner slowed his pace slightly and added the kind of words that have prefaced his most notable blowups in the past.

In an attempt to head off the sort of familial bloodshed that had prefaced his own rise to power, Yaroslav introduced an order of succession that privileged seniority but held that the territory of Kievan Rus as a whole belonged to the family.

I should have prefaced this post by saying that I'm a relatively new volunteer at my local wildlife rehab center.

Democrats have prefaced Trump's appearance by circulating audio of Barr joking that the president "has a tendency to exaggerate from time to time".

A much more likely reaction would have been 'I didn't call you a black [profanity]', or at least to have prefaced the words '[swear word] black [profanity]' with 'are you saying that I called you?', or something similar".

I probably should have prefaced with he's 14 not 6.

For this reason, it is possible that, if Lydon had prefaced his description of the ITV1 audience as copulating vaginas with the words "Jesus Christ!", the level of objections would have been higher.

In an excerpt of the speech on YouTube — which ABC spliced into the interview when it was shown — Ms. Palin had prefaced that comment by appearing to say she was praying that America's mission in Iraq represented God's will.

He had prefaced it with Elgar, a sweeping, surging account of the overture In the South, full of big, bold effects that worked well in the cathedral acoustic.

It's this offbeat combination of attributes — imagine if John Grisham had prefaced his writing career not by practicing law in Mississippi but by heading up the Stockholm office of Amnesty International — that has made the series such a sui generis smash.

He had prefaced his oath with a quote from Gandhi and a pledge to serve the Hong Kong people.