First has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Like Sharapova, Azarenka excels in the first two shots of the point. She likes to play first-strike tennis, going after the first ball of the point to send her opponent running. | |
| 2. | First come, first serve, was the word, and the first hundred customers got a certificate; whoever came later was shit out of luck. | |
| 3. | Tom was my first crush, my first love and later my first heartbreak. | |
| 4. | Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noah opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried. | |
| 5. | The annual gingerbread White House — more than 400 pounds (181 kilograms) of dough, gum paste, chocolate and royal icing — for the first time includes the Rose Garden, recently renovated by the first lady, as well as the First Ladies' Garden. | |
| 6. | In the first place, you all have to pay a debt first. | |
| 7. | "Is it the first time you've been here?" "Yes, it's my first visit." | |
| 8. | First come, first served. | |
| 9. | Those two are blindly enraptured with each other right now but they say first meeting someone is the first step toward goodbye. I wonder if they're aware of that. | |
| 10. | I'd like to have a girl the first time. Look, they say 'First a girl, then a boy' don't they? |