Sentence examples for the initial salvo from inspiring English sources

The novel's first words — that is, the initial salvo of Powell's long-lived literary career — are tantalizingly ambiguous.

The initial salvo can be really bad, but as more information comes out, it starts to moderate.

Argentina withstood the initial salvo and trimmed the deficit slowly, until at halftime the once insurmountable American lead stood at a manageable 47-40.

And the opening number compares unfavourably with the previous weekend's debut of The Hangover Part II (£10.41m including previews), as well as the initial salvo for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (£11.63m including previews).

It was the second day of rehearsal last week of Monteverdi's "Coronation of Poppea" and the initial salvo in New York's latest stab at creating an opera company: a Baroque one at that.

"The Power of the Past," which is being screened today, tomorrow and June 8 at the Walter Reade Theater, is the initial salvo of the Film Society of Lincoln Center's series Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.

The initial salvos of the weekend took place in typically hot, sunny weather and, in contrast to Germany last weekend, in front of grandstands that were close to full.

But the initial salvos from the Trump camp would seem to suggest that we will now be witness to a gender war through November.

As we discuss in detail below, we think this initial salvo falls well short of the universe of possible miscreants.

Now that the cloud of black smoke over the neighbourhood has cleared, some Jamaicans are starting to criticise how the operation was conducted and to ask whether Mr Golding has a coherent strategy to root out organised crime.By some measures, the government's initial salvo was a qualified success.

The two main parties are playing on home turf so far: the Conservative Party has focused its messages on the economy and Labour has directed its initial salvo towards the state of the National Health Service (NHS).