Below you will find example sentences with "first ever". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

First Ever in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: ever
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.6 words

Words in this phrase

first ever

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • ever can mean: Always, frequently, forever. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

31 and first ever christmas wreath 1× and their first ever away from 1× be her first ever appearance at 1× be the first ever meeting between 1× be the first ever to finish 1× became the first ever eastenders serial 1× became the first ever non british 1× capture its first ever league cup 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

canada s women 1× diana ross was 1× dot bumps off 1× emma is like 1× ever exciting girl 1× fix forever first 1×

Common sentence endings:

ai selfie camera 1× at the event 1× best ever finals 1× eastenders serial killer 1× ever since strictly 1× female majority union 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

won 4× world 4× year 4× season 3× cup 3× win 3× scored 2× last 2× team 2× league 2× title 2× pop 2×

Related phrases

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings first phase first nations first amendment first sight

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around ever:

ever seen 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first episode first element first edition first down first degree first defendant

Just after it in the phrase index:

first female first floor first generation first goal first grade first half

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

hardly ever

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first ever" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 31 and first ever christmas wreath, and their first ever away from, won, world and year stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round and ever seen, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first ever

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Emma is like my first ever TV wife and I’ve been close with Oti ever since Strictly. (18 words)

Ever exciting girl group Aespa are heading to London as part of their first ever world tour – Synk: Hyper Line. (20 words)

Madame Web was my first ever studio project that I ever got cast in," Sweeney previously said of her first blockbuster role. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The performance earned Chris his first ever perfect score of 40 to take his overall score for the evening to 116. The 47-year-old beat out JB Gill, Tasha Ghouri and Sarah Hadland in one of the show's best ever finals. (43 words)

On 23 January 1887, under the heading "Their First Flat Failure; The First Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Not a Success", The New York Times reported, "When the curtain finally fell there was hissing – the first ever heard in the Savoy Theatre. (41 words)

If all the candidates get elected this year UoH won’t just have its first Dalit woman President but will also have the first ever Muslim woman in the Union and will be the first female majority Union. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Madame Web was my first ever studio project that I ever got cast in," Sweeney previously said of her first blockbuster role.

The Argentinean star scored 11 goals in 14 games last season for Inter Miami, leading the team to capture its first ever League Cup title, which was the first trophy the team had ever won.

The device also debuts the brands first ever pop-up selfie camera and the world’s first-ever 40MP pop-up AI selfie camera.

Fix forever: First ever retirement interest-only mortgage that's locked in for life is launched A specialist lender has launched the first ever 'fixed for life' retirement interest-only mortgage.

Emma is like my first ever TV wife and I’ve been close with Oti ever since Strictly.

Ever exciting girl group Aespa are heading to London as part of their first ever world tour – Synk: Hyper Line.

Jets at Browns, which as he noted during the broadcast was the first ever Monday Night Football matchup, won’t be the last-ever game for Al Michaels.

The performance earned Chris his first ever perfect score of 40 to take his overall score for the evening to 116. The 47-year-old beat out JB Gill, Tasha Ghouri and Sarah Hadland in one of the show's best ever finals.

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It will be the first ever meeting between the two teams, with Bullets going into this encounter with more hope to get past the first stage for the first time since 2015 season.

If all the candidates get elected this year UoH won’t just have its first Dalit woman President but will also have the first ever Muslim woman in the Union and will be the first female majority Union.

On 23 January 1887, under the heading "Their First Flat Failure; The First Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Not a Success", The New York Times reported, "When the curtain finally fell there was hissing – the first ever heard in the Savoy Theatre.

Canada's women made history when they won their first ever Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, while the men's side is fresh off its first World Cup appearance in 36 years.

In 1997/98, his first full season in charge, Arsène became the first ever non-British manager to win the league title.

It’s an ode to Pheidippides – the person said to have run the first ever marathon – and to the very first modern Olympics in Athens, Greece.

It was Wellington's first ever home win, their biggest victory margin and the first time they have scored more than three in a match.

Dot bumps off son Nick - John Altman slipped into Nasty Nick's leather jacket for the first time in 1985 and became the first ever EastEnders serial killer.

It is Bangladesh's first T20 World Cup win since 2014, and their first ever away from home, and they next face England on Saturday, with Scotland up against West Indies the following day.

Its calendar has plenty of firsts to come before the new year including its first children's Halloween party on October 31 and first ever Christmas Wreath workshop on Saturday, November 23.

This year’s Tour of Britain will return to Darlington for the first time in 15 years, while the stage will be the first ever to finish in Redcar.

Diana Ross was the first major act to be confirmed for Glastonbury Festival 2020 in October 2019 - and it will be her first ever appearance at the event.

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