Examples of first name in a Sentence
Children at the school call their teachers by their first names.
the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby
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Some interviews have been translated from Arabic and people have been referenced only by first names to protect their identities.
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Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Maya Freelon’s first name comes from her godmother Maya Angelou.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Eastwood, with more than five decades under his belt directing films dedicated to complex inquiries into virtue, ethics, and fairness, was the first name that popped into his head.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Jennifer, a 23-year-old Honduran woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, said that her daughters, ages 4 and 5, were traumatized after being held at gunpoint for four hours in a livestock pen.
—Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adam Leventhal, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
Maya Freelon’s first name comes from her godmother Maya Angelou.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Eastwood, with more than five decades under his belt directing films dedicated to complex inquiries into virtue, ethics, and fairness, was the first name that popped into his head.
—Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Jennifer, a 23-year-old Honduran woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, said that her daughters, ages 4 and 5, were traumatized after being held at gunpoint for four hours in a livestock pen.
—Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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“First name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20name. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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