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

First Round in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: round
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 47
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 31.7 words

Words in this phrase

first round

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
  • round can mean: Of shape: Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

in the first round 3× a high first round pick on 2× in the first round of the 2× and two first round draft choices 1× are surprising first round picks every 1× as drafting first round pick safety 1× by the first round draft choice 1× fa vase first round on saturday 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after defeating the 1× at the citi 1× brentwood s amber 1× he coached three 1× home games typically 1× last year ended 1×

Common sentence endings:

the first round 5× the second round 2× choices in 2025 1× first round 72 1× herrera sixth round 1× his name called 1×

Context words

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

pick 6× draft 5× year 4× games 3× losing 3× safety 2× third 2× fourth 2× begins 2× player 2× left 2× two 2×

Related phrases

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

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around round:

third round 15× round two 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first republic first reading first quarter first published first playoff first player

Just after it in the phrase index:

first season first session first sight first solo first stage first strike

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first inning first leg first innings first phase

Same ending:

third round final round

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first round" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 31.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the first round, a high first round pick on, pick, draft and year stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first inning, third round and round two, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first round

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

Short example sentences

We will have a first round in the format of a round robin; likewise the second round. (17 words)

At the Citi Open he was upset in the first round by Donald Young in the first round. (18 words)

They are then joined by the first round draft choice in 2024, and two first round draft choices in 2025. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Wide receiver: The Eagles just selected three receivers in the 2020 NFL Draft, including Jalen Reagor in the first round, and yet, it wouldn’t be a stretch at all for them to take another receiver in the first round of the 2021 draft. (44 words)

But since her life-changing victory — and her Canadian tennis-changing victory — she has played in eight Grand Slam tournaments, losing twice in the first round, losing four times in the second round, and never making it beyond the Round of 16. (42 words)

Brentwood’s Amber Furch won the 3-point contest that took place at halftime, making 14 shots in the first round and 10 in the championship round, defeating Westlake’s Alyssa Jackson who made eight shots in the final round. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

As well as drafting first round pick Safety Matt Elam, second round pick Linebacker Arthur Brown, third round pick Defensive Tackle Brandon Williams, and fourth round pick "hybrid" Fullback Kyle Juszczyk among others.

Home games typically use an ante ; the first betting round begins with the player to the dealer's left, and the second round begins with the player who opened the first round.

If on the first round no candidate receives over 50% of the votes, then a second round takes place, consisting of the two highest-voted candidates in the first round.

Brentwood’s Amber Furch won the 3-point contest that took place at halftime, making 14 shots in the first round and 10 in the championship round, defeating Westlake’s Alyssa Jackson who made eight shots in the final round.

But since her life-changing victory — and her Canadian tennis-changing victory — she has played in eight Grand Slam tournaments, losing twice in the first round, losing four times in the second round, and never making it beyond the Round of 16.

We will have a first round in the format of a round robin; likewise the second round.

He coached three NFL draft picks in 2014, Leonard Floyd (first round), Ramik Wilson (fourth round) and Amarlo Herrera (sixth round).

The fine weather of the first round gave way to dark skies and persistent rain as the first groups teed off, but the conditions did not phase Fleetwood, who staged a spirited recovery from his first-round 72.

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But we’ll see if he can knock me out in three rounds, and I can also say that I will knock him out in one round, and if not in the first seconds of the first round.

Now, his ability to do that will depend on someone valuable slipping to the bottom of the first round or a team near the top of the second round wanting to get back into the first.

Of course, Kenny Pickett was the first quarterback selected in the first round — and the only QB taken before the third round — by the Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 20 overall.

Meanwhile, Winsford United entertain AFC Liverpool in the FA Vase first round on Saturday, 3pm, and then go to Stockport Town in the Cheshire Senior Cup first round on Monday, 7.45pm.

The Patriots will travel to the Region 5 runner-up for the first round of the playoffs Feb. 14. West Ashley will host the No. 3 seed from Region 5 in the first round.

They are then joined by the first round draft choice in 2024, and two first round draft choices in 2025.

Wide receiver: The Eagles just selected three receivers in the 2020 NFL Draft, including Jalen Reagor in the first round, and yet, it wouldn’t be a stretch at all for them to take another receiver in the first round of the 2021 draft.

Last year ended with the Lady Tide losing in the first round of the District playoffs to Moniteau 7-3 in “AA” first round action to finish the year at 11-10.

Spent a high first round pick on Ted Ginn, Jr, then he left that mess for Minnesota and promptly used a high first round pick on quarterback Christian Ponder.

There are surprising first-round picks every year (nobody projected Steelers safety Terrell Edmunds in the first round last year), so it’s certainly possible that Collier gets his name called.

After defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs in seven games in the first round — the Bruins’ first playoff series win since 2014 — they fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in five games in the second round.

At the Citi Open he was upset in the first round by Donald Young in the first round.

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