How to Use at the first opportunity in a Sentence

at the first opportunity

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• It was assumed, and rightly, that Ted would run for president at the first opportunity, which was in the 2016 cycle.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2021
• Is demanding Hazard be sold at the first opportunity the best way to encourage him to give his best to Real Madrid?
  — New York Times, 7 May 2021
• Coach Seth Littrell’s career arc should be a cautionary tale for any Group of Five coach who has some success but doesn’t get the heck out at the first opportunity.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2021
• The actress shared her red carpet snapshot on Instagram, and needless to say, fans jumped at the first opportunity to share their opinions.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 18 Mar. 2023
• While the Peavine stretches for several miles, peel off onto Lakeshore Trail at the first opportunity.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2021
• But any regulation will be undone at the first opportunity – or never put in place to begin with.
  — Amy Froide, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2022
• Like many Republicans running for office this year, France leapt at the first opportunity to discuss the rising costs of food, gas and other consumer items.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 5 Oct. 2022
• Each party is convinced that the other one will extinguish democracy at the first opportunity.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 19 Sep. 2020
• She’s expected to ascend further in leadership at the first opportunity.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• Bazelon: Will everyone here get vaccinated at the first opportunity?
  — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2020
• What comes to mind is the patient who goes through a medical hell created by unhealthy behaviors (drinking, smoking, not exercising), only to return to those behaviors at the first opportunity.
  — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
• Most people don’t have someone who hangs on their every word without superimposing their own experience at the first opportunity.
  — Becky Burgum, refinery29.com, 24 May 2022
• Yet the unwilling recruits deserted at the first opportunity, as did volunteers who were having misgivings.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024