Use firsthand in a sentence | example usage from the newswires

Editorial »

How to use the word firsthand in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

109 results found

Yeah, and I can speak from immediate firsthand experience, that is very much in vogue now in the federal government to characterize opposition to same sex marriage and related issues as irrational prejudice at best and a potential hate crime at worse. – Matthew Kacsmaryk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can tell you firsthand that there are young people in the military that do incredible work in the intelligence field around the world. – Josh Campbell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There are going to be legitimate questions about how many keys did this individual have? How many rooms was he allowed to go into to take things out of as part of his job? And did he really need that as part of his job? i can tell you firsthand that there are young people in the military that do incredible work in the intelligence field around the world. – Josh Campbell	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don’t know how to put it into words. It was devastating. It’s much different seeing it firsthand than it is when you see it on TV hit another communities. – Jennifer Hobbs	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m here in Poland to see firsthand the humanitarian crisis and quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that I can’t see it firsthand like I have in other places, they will not let me – understandably, I guess – cross the border and take a look at what’s going on in Ukraine. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I called my chief of staff, requested a plane, and we flew to Sill the next morning, we met with the soldiers who lived in the barracks, the commanding officer, viewed the mold firsthand, committed to fix the problem and we did. – Pete Geren	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We know, and we know firsthand, what it is to suffer losses, based on the information I have, I can say with certainty that there were many displays of courage and real heroism by the guys in this regiment. – Denis Pushilin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am the wife of a DACA recipient. I am the daughter of Guatemalan working immigrants. I know firsthand the challenges and constant fear our families live every single day, we have to end this. – Raul Juarez/Congresswoman-Elect Dlia Ramirez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Our supposed Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure,’ texas will continue sending migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., until President Biden and Border Czar Harris step up and do their jobs to secure the border. – Greg Abbott	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Just last month, my family experienced this problem firsthand when amoxicillin was completely unavailable for my five-year-old daughter, this shortage is emblematic of the difficulties the country faced sourcing needed medical supplies during COVID19, which is why I introduced the American Made Medicine Act. – Brad Wenstrup	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The last two years have seen law and order deteriorate across our country. Public safety has eroded. Violent crimes like murders and carjackings are breaking records. And our southern border has turned into a turnstile, we have seen the violence and chaos firsthand in Kentucky, especially in my hometown of Louisville. But we aren’t alone. This is a nationwide phenomenon on Democrats’ watch. – Mitch McConnell	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Biden-Harris administration continues ignoring and denying the historic crisis at our southern border, which has endangered and overwhelmed Texas communities for almost two years, our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’. – Greg Abbott	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’. – Kamala Harris	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Everyone is relieved that something like a report came out...( but) the sense of relief doesn't come with complete relief, i feel even more upset, because we knew. Deep down we always knew that these things were happening, these things were very real to us. A lot of our community members had firsthand experiences. A lot of our family members have firsthand experiences. – Adila Yarmuhammad	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You see stories on the news all the time, and you've seen pictures where everybody drops everything and just runs, to see it firsthand today, it's something I will never, ever forget or get over. – Lindsey Stephenson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
At City Parks Foundation, one of the leading nonprofits keeping youth active in New York City, we have seen firsthand that kids have had a tough year. We also know that creating fun outdoor environments for young people to play adventurously helps them forge positive connections, build confidence and stay active. – Mike Silverman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I'm here in Poland to see firsthand the humanitarian crisis and quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that I can't see it firsthand like I have in other places, they will not let me, understandably, I guess, cross the border and take a look at what's going on in Ukraine. – Jill Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I am very excited to be joining such a historic and well-respected franchise like the Philadelphia Flyers, from my very first conversation with Chuck, I knew this was the right fit for me and I believe in the direction this team is heading. Having faced the Flyers for several years, I know firsthand how tough of a city Philly is to play in and I look forward to being on the right side of the bench on opening night in front of such a loyal and passionate crowd of Flyers fans. – John Tortorella	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Once someone knows about Vietnam War, once you read that firsthand account, once you see those numbers, you can't look away. – Jessica Pearce Rotondi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
That's why he doesn't go to our border to see our country’s crisis firsthand. Because he's going to see that side of it that he doesn't want to see, and he doesn't want to acknowledge it because he created it, and it's disgusting. – Mark Morgan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The roadmap looks really good, what Matthew Stafford did in LA last year, making that transition, playing so well. And what Tom did, I saw that firsthand in the division the year before. Hopefully, we bottle up some of that momentum and we can make a push here. – Indianapolis Colts	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Josh Mandel is unhinged, unfit and flailing because he's losing, he is only a professional at one thing: running for office. He is hell-bent on lying because he is failing. He doesn't have the temperament, experience or fortitude to be a U.S. Senator, and Ohio voters got a firsthand look at just how unprepared Josh Mandel has become, and that will be reflected on the ballot on May 3. – Samantha Cotten	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I was a soldier Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday not that long ago, and I know firsthand that you don't do these sort of things for no reason, and you certainly don't do them if you're getting ready to pack up and go home, so we and our allies will stay vigilant. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The smoke spread throughout the building, thus, the tremendous loss of life and other people fighting for their lives right now in hospitals all over the The Bronx, so we are investigating where everyone was found how the smoke traveled, but certainly the marshals have determined through physical evidence and through firsthand accounts by the residents that this fire started in the bedroom, in a portable electric heater. – Commissioner Nigro	Found on CNN 2 years ago

Yeah, and I can speak from immediate firsthand experience, that is very much in vogue now in the federal government to characterize opposition to same sex marriage and related issues as irrational prejudice at best and a potential hate crime at worse.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can tell you firsthand that there are young people in the military that do incredible work in the intelligence field around the world.

– Josh Campbell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are going to be legitimate questions about how many keys did this individual have? How many rooms was he allowed to go into to take things out of as part of his job? And did he really need that as part of his job? i can tell you firsthand that there are young people in the military that do incredible work in the intelligence field around the world.

– Josh Campbell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t know how to put it into words. It was devastating. It’s much different seeing it firsthand than it is when you see it on TV hit another communities.

– Jennifer Hobbs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m here in Poland to see firsthand the humanitarian crisis and quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that I can’t see it firsthand like I have in other places, they will not let me – understandably, I guess – cross the border and take a look at what’s going on in Ukraine.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I called my chief of staff, requested a plane, and we flew to Sill the next morning, we met with the soldiers who lived in the barracks, the commanding officer, viewed the mold firsthand, committed to fix the problem and we did.

– Pete Geren

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We know, and we know firsthand, what it is to suffer losses, based on the information I have, I can say with certainty that there were many displays of courage and real heroism by the guys in this regiment.

– Denis Pushilin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am the wife of a DACA recipient. I am the daughter of Guatemalan working immigrants. I know firsthand the challenges and constant fear our families live every single day, we have to end this.

– Raul Juarez/Congresswoman-Elect Dlia Ramirez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Our supposed Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure,’ texas will continue sending migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., until President Biden and Border Czar Harris step up and do their jobs to secure the border.

– Greg Abbott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Just last month, my family experienced this problem firsthand when amoxicillin was completely unavailable for my five-year-old daughter, this shortage is emblematic of the difficulties the country faced sourcing needed medical supplies during COVID19, which is why I introduced the American Made Medicine Act.

– Brad Wenstrup

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The last two years have seen law and order deteriorate across our country. Public safety has eroded. Violent crimes like murders and carjackings are breaking records. And our southern border has turned into a turnstile, we have seen the violence and chaos firsthand in Kentucky, especially in my hometown of Louisville. But we aren’t alone. This is a nationwide phenomenon on Democrats’ watch.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Biden-Harris administration continues ignoring and denying the historic crisis at our southern border, which has endangered and overwhelmed Texas communities for almost two years, our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’.

– Greg Abbott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’.

– Kamala Harris

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Everyone is relieved that something like a report came out...( but) the sense of relief doesn't come with complete relief, i feel even more upset, because we knew. Deep down we always knew that these things were happening, these things were very real to us. A lot of our community members had firsthand experiences. A lot of our family members have firsthand experiences.

– Adila Yarmuhammad

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You see stories on the news all the time, and you've seen pictures where everybody drops everything and just runs, to see it firsthand today, it's something I will never, ever forget or get over.

– Lindsey Stephenson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

At City Parks Foundation, one of the leading nonprofits keeping youth active in New York City, we have seen firsthand that kids have had a tough year. We also know that creating fun outdoor environments for young people to play adventurously helps them forge positive connections, build confidence and stay active.

– Mike Silverman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm here in Poland to see firsthand the humanitarian crisis and quite frankly, part of my disappointment is that I can't see it firsthand like I have in other places, they will not let me, understandably, I guess, cross the border and take a look at what's going on in Ukraine.

– Jill Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am very excited to be joining such a historic and well-respected franchise like the Philadelphia Flyers, from my very first conversation with Chuck, I knew this was the right fit for me and I believe in the direction this team is heading. Having faced the Flyers for several years, I know firsthand how tough of a city Philly is to play in and I look forward to being on the right side of the bench on opening night in front of such a loyal and passionate crowd of Flyers fans.

– John Tortorella

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Once someone knows about Vietnam War, once you read that firsthand account, once you see those numbers, you can't look away.

– Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That's why he doesn't go to our border to see our country’s crisis firsthand. Because he's going to see that side of it that he doesn't want to see, and he doesn't want to acknowledge it because he created it, and it's disgusting.

– Mark Morgan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The roadmap looks really good, what Matthew Stafford did in LA last year, making that transition, playing so well. And what Tom did, I saw that firsthand in the division the year before. Hopefully, we bottle up some of that momentum and we can make a push here.

– Indianapolis Colts

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Josh Mandel is unhinged, unfit and flailing because he's losing, he is only a professional at one thing: running for office. He is hell-bent on lying because he is failing. He doesn't have the temperament, experience or fortitude to be a U.S. Senator, and Ohio voters got a firsthand look at just how unprepared Josh Mandel has become, and that will be reflected on the ballot on May 3.

– Samantha Cotten

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I was a soldier Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday not that long ago, and I know firsthand that you don't do these sort of things for no reason, and you certainly don't do them if you're getting ready to pack up and go home, so we and our allies will stay vigilant.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The smoke spread throughout the building, thus, the tremendous loss of life and other people fighting for their lives right now in hospitals all over the The Bronx, so we are investigating where everyone was found how the smoke traveled, but certainly the marshals have determined through physical evidence and through firsthand accounts by the residents that this fire started in the bedroom, in a portable electric heater.

– Commissioner Nigro

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Notify me of new comments via email.

Editorial »

How to use the word firsthand in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

109 results found

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

Are we missing a good definition for firsthand? Don't keep it to yourself...

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

The Web's Largest Resource for

Definitions & Translations

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Free, no signup required:

Add to Chrome

Free, no signup required:

Add to Firefox

Browse Definitions.net

Quiz

Are you a words master?

difficult to describe