outstart
Example Sentences
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Many of these he was compelled at the outstart to forego, and he set to work upon his first book, the Grammatica Græca of Lascaris, with barely a tithe of that number.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
Its people embraced the revolutionary cause at the outstart, and furnished some companies of foot to the Confederate service, as well as a mounted company known as the "Black Horse Cavalry."
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
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 Dale Carnagey
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 W. (William) Stebbing
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 James Francis Cooke
