Sentence examples for the very first strike from inspiring English sources

The very first strike under his watch in Yemen, on Dec. 17, 2009, offered a stark example of the difficulties of operating in what General Jones described as an "embryonic theater that we weren't really familiar with".

On drone strikes, Klaidman lays out a slew of reasons why Obama should have been more ambivalent about their use, starting with the fact that the very first drone strike of his presidency claimed not a terrorist, but a prominent pro-government tribal elder and four members of his family (including two children).

From the very first, he struck Brooks as a sad boy.

The way I used to write novels was to start with the very first thing that struck me about a subject.

The very first thing that strikes the reader of Jasper Fforde's first novel, "The Eyre Affair," is just how much he has filched from movies, television shows and other books.

As the saying goes, "you are never too old to learn too old to try something new", and one grandmother proved just that when she got a strike with the very first ball she ever bowled.

For example, the very first American killed in a drone strike back in 2002, Kamal Derwish, was killed in Yemen while traveling in an SUV carrying an al Qaeda lieutenant who was involved in the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.

He fell behind the two balls and no strikes to the very first hitter, Darin Erstad, before misfiring on a slider.

"I was struck at the very first Q&A I visited as managing director by how knowledgeably visiting US writer and another non-resident Lowy fellow, James Fallows, spoke about Australia's budgetary issues and how he could frame the policy debate in a far broader context.

So when Flacco took the field on Monday night, the very first pass he threw was a deep strike — fifty-two yards.

Mr. Block claims he struck out Ms. Eroglu the very first time their teams played.