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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The barista shares a first name with one of the bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. —
Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026 Camille — who runs the Instagram account @thepittdetails, and asked to be identified by only her first name — says that shipping characters makes the show easier to converse about. —Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026 His real first name is Quientrail. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 The attorneys called the witness by her first name, Beth. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for first name
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Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026 Camille — who runs the Instagram account @thepittdetails, and asked to be identified by only her first name — says that shipping characters makes the show easier to converse about. —Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026 His real first name is Quientrail. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 The attorneys called the witness by her first name, Beth. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for first name
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“First name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/first%20name. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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