Sentence examples for was broken first from inspiring English sources

His happiness was broken first by Deyverdun's death in 1789, quickly followed by the outbreak of the French Revolution and the subsequent apprehension of an invasion of Switzerland.

The big - if entirely anticipated - news was broken first by her new campaign manager, John Podesta, in an email to supporters.

Last month the record for the least sales of a No. 1 album was broken first by Taylor Swift's hit "Speak Now" (with 52,000) and then the band Cake's "Showroom of Compassion" (44,000).

The record price for any work was broken first in London in February – a Giacometti Walking Man sculpture sold for £65m – and then once more in New York when a Picasso sold for $106m£70m0m).

The unaccustomed silence was broken first by Syria's foreign minister, Walid Moallem, who apparently complained to European diplomats that Israel had bombed targets in Syria; and then by unnamed American sources, who confirmed to CNN and the New York Times that Israel had carried out air strikes.What Israel bombed and why is still unclear.

The web's silence was broken first by a trio of Singaporean programmers whose freeware, Third Voice, lets users paste their comments on top of any website (see "Wisecrack-ware").

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It was also one of the first rules I saw being broken, first by academics (or Planet Corduroy, as we call them) and then by management.

How about fixing what's broken first?

Will such instances of stories being broken first on these services increase?

Oliver didn't just become what he is now, he had to be broken first.