outstart

Example Sentences

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No one can advise you when to throw your "hat in the ring" and say defiantly at the outstart, "Gentlemen, I am here to fight!"

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

He is at the outstart of a road which is beset with all imaginable kinds of obstacles.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

To give them Bach or Brahms at the outstart would be to irritate them.

From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis

The voice at the outstart must be trained lightly and carefully.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

Determined to be 'single in the head of all,' he pushed between the Nonparilla and Rainbow, and 'thrust himself athwart the channel, so as I was sure none should outstart me again for that day.'

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)