outstart

Example Sentences

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So I judged they had our gang in a pretty tight place right at the outstart.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark

"The Arctics hawk-up their haunted heart, and raucous, spue; and north-winds, wawling calls, outstart, to droop anew; the clouds like scouts updart, depart, and truceless do, and droop anew."

From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)

Would you have me give the secret of my success at the very outstart?

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

At the very outstart resolve to be professional in your methods, be businesslike, and play fair.

From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)

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