first acquaintance
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Those tears were my first acquaintance with the harsh truth of a baseball aphorism: The ball will always find you.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
“What a dignified and serious city!” exclaimed Friedrich Nietzsche on first acquaintance in the late 19th century.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2017
“First Essay,” on first acquaintance, at least, seems a mild and modest work, hardly the stuff of grand designs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2016
And he made his first acquaintance with Bulgaria’s most powerful man.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2012
Speaking for one, I may say that through my first acquaintance with a monotessaron that matchless life has shone upon me with an entire splendor of beauty and majesty before unimagined.
From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.
