How to Use first-rate in a Sentence

first-rate

adjective

• Among the movie's first-rate cast was Lynn Cohen as Meir.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023
• The film’s first-rate cast helps relax our posture too.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• The production design, here and throughout the film, is first-rate.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
• To put it in Gladiator terms, Berman would have made a first-rate jouster.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2023
• Meizhou Dongpo in Arcadia still serves a first-rate Peking duck.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• The cuisine is first-rate, with Chef Roland Lamprecht’s fare drawn from the surrounding forest.
  — Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
• Once, those were first-rate answers to society’s needs.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Two-, three-, and four-night cruises afford first-rate wildlife watching, as elephants and hippos roam the banks.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2023
• The food at each of these places is first-rate, but to save a few bucks and enjoy the passing parade, plunk yourself down in the triangle itself.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• With sharp writing, a first-rate cast and elegant scenery, who says theater isn’t alive and well in Los Angeles?
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• The second half of the season, in particular, is loaded with first-rate affairs.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
• There’s no way to revive old forms or to rework old forms, because the artist is never going to understand them well enough to do first-rate work.
  — Anna Kodé, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
• Audi has doubled its sales in recent years with a new generation of first-rate cars that have brought people back to the showrooms.
  — Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
• Saban has long been recognized as having a first-rate football mind.
  — Brian O'Keefe, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Also first-rate, in Nickel’s view: his clientele, many of whom work in nearby high-tech firms and government offices.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• That was a stadium that deserves more dramatic nights from its first-rate hometown club.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 8 June 2023
• Make the smart decision and get some first-rate pitching as well as a strong group of future stars from another team’s minor league system.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
• Every August, tens of first-rate bands and hundreds of thousands of people descend on Golden Gate Park for the three-day festival.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2023
• View Photos Certainly the overall package is first-rate.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• The production is first-rate, the period work never rings false, crowd scenes are not threadbare, and choice D.C. locations keep the weirdness real.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• Both are driven by commanding performances from first-rate actors in the title roles.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024
• The weather there is also conducive to year-round fishing, and there’s a huge variety of first-rate fisheries across North America’s second largest state.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• But the 15-game winning streak, while impressive in length, was notably lacking in what the Hotline would consider first-rate victories.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Orion only had to be a decent enough take on a boy overcoming his status as a first-rate scaredy cat and realizing that the world isn’t all worst-case scenarios.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
• The first-rate cast plunges into the depths of the Lafayettes’ psychic damage with performances that highlight, with subtle heart, the desperation brought on by collective delusion.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• The crew, obviously putting forward their best effort during the inaugural flight, were first-rate, the food was excellent, and the seating worked well considering the length of the trip.
  — Rachel Dube, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2024
• These high-end hemp snacks are produced expertly in the US from hemp that has been farmed naturally, giving cannabis aficionados a first-rate experience.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• Our crew pushing bounds and creating set pieces, outfits, hairstyles, and music that were often unexpected and always first-rate.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Las Vegas has long been a glamorous destination, home to luxurious spas, high-end cuisine options, and first-rate hotels and casinos.
  — Variety Editorial, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
• The physical production — scenery, lighting, projections, sound, costumes and conducting of a live orchestra — was first-rate, as well.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024