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Example sentences for "first impression"

  • And my first impression out of the confusion was of the bewigged speaker enthroned under the royal arms, sore put to restore order.

  • My first impression of him, which I had got at Jerry Kyme's, deepened as time went on, and I readily shared the belief of those around me that his legal talents easily surpassed those of any of his contemporaries.

  • Loder's first impression was of a room that seemed unusually luxurious, soft, and shadowed.

  • At a first impression it struck him as unlike any anticipation of a woman's sanctum.

  • My first impression of Berlin was the long cement platform gliding by, a dazzling brilliance of great arc lamps and a rumbling chorus of song.

  • My first impression was of a wide arc of desks that circling from wall to wall seemed to be a barrier between a number of gentle spoken elderly gentlemen and a vague mass of people that pressed forward.

  • It was as if she had never seen him before and was receiving a first impression.

  • This was the Tenor's first impression, and further acquaintance only confirmed it.

  • I shall never forget my first impression on arriving at Berwyn very early on that September morning.

  • My first impression of North Platte, with its twelve saloons, was not of the best.

  • His height was probably five feet ten inches, or ten and a half; but my first impression, or feel of the man, was not of this, but of his strength.

  • All this, in frankness, to show my first impression, after long denial of women in general and of Maud Brewster in particular.

  • The great Magyar’s first impression of Broadway—if he was cool enough to lay it away with tolerable distinctness—will be as peculiar material for future dream and remembrance as any spectacle in which he could have taken part.

  • I could not help feeling how erroneous in this case would be a first impression.

  • And if we look at these through a magnifying glass, the effect will be somewhat similar to one's first impression of Pekin.

  • The first sight of an unknown country stamps itself on our minds in a manner unique, and I requested the bearers of my chair to walk slowly, for I did not wish to lose my first impression.

  • In fact, my first impression of Pekin was of a fancy or dream.

  • II If the artistic colouring of Tokio has faded away for ever, its present aspect is marked by the evidences of practical life, and if one's first impression is one of general disappointment, the second is one of deep interest.

  • My first impression of him was not wholly favorable.

  • I remember perfectly my first impression of him.

  • If I tried to paint my first impression, it became increasingly difficult to do that when the mountain itself presented novel and striking aspects.

  • My first impression of London was exactly what it has ever since remained.

  • That was my first impression," I confessed, "but it faded somewhat as the Colonel's story proceeded.

  • My first impression of this beautiful spot was one of delight.

  • This was an evasively pretty girl, or such was my first impression.

  • My first impression, in this case, was one of wonder as to where I could possibly place a bullet at all.

  • Let me tell you my first impression of Matsuo Noda's scenario.

  • I don't understand too well what it's all about, but my first impression is that somebody has decided to do some major tinkering with your program.

  • I got the immediate sense that her first impression of my living quarters was unchanged from the old days.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    first appearance; first appeared; first appears; first attack; first care; first class; first degree; first duty; first dynasty; first formed; first husband; first loved; first pair; first period; first place; first prince; first principle; first rate; first step; first supposed; first trip; first words; first year; mere natural; said the first lieutenant; wilful neglect