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

First Sight in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: sight
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 26
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26.1 words

Words in this phrase

first sight

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
  • sight can mean: The ability to see. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

at first sight violets are 1× in at first sight 1× love at first sight 1× love at first sight for this 1× love at first sight for us 1× love at first sight patou was 1× love at first sight she quickly 1× love at first sight when the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

married at first 2× a married at 1× are domynique and 1× as a bringer 1× as fans saw 1× at first sight 1×

Common sentence endings:

at first sight 3× 10 season history 1× australia recap below 1× chord was struck 1× earlier this year 1× gastric sleeve op 1×

Context words

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

married 13× love 10× season 5× couples 4× lifetime 3× new 3× night 3× episode 3× met 3× australia 2× seasons 2× august 2×

Related phrases

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

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around sight:

lose sight 9× plain sight 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

first session first season first round first republic first reading first quarter

Just after it in the phrase index:

first solo first stage first strike first sunday first team first trailer

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

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

Same ending:

lose sight plain sight

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "first sight" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as at first sight violets are, in at first sight, married, love and season stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with first floor, first lady, first round, lose sight and plain sight, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with first sight

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

Short example sentences

When they first purchased their home in 2013, Ripa was ready to move in at first sight. (17 words)

It wasn’t love at first sight for us, but that evening, the first chord was struck. (17 words)

At First Sight, Violets Are Blue was released in 1987, their first recording for The White Label. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

I tried to tell how a certain frosty afternoon at Leatherhead Station when I had first bought a copy of Phantastes (being then about sixteen years old) had been to me what the first sight of Beatrice had been to Dante : Here begins the new life. (46 words)

Married at First Sight will be rolling out a Married at First Sight: Where Are They Now? special on Lifetime next week that will provide updates on eight couples from the franchise's 10-season history. (36 words)

Tonight on Lifetime their hit series Married At First Sight Australia airs with an all-new Thursday, October 1, 2020, season 7 episodes 35 and we have your Married At First Sight Australia recap below. (35 words)

Exclamation examples

On last night’s episode of Married at First Sight Season 11, Miles and Karen share in their first kiss! (20 words)

Example sentences (20)

Married at First Sight will be rolling out a Married at First Sight: Where Are They Now? special on Lifetime next week that will provide updates on eight couples from the franchise's 10-season history.

Tonight on Lifetime their hit series Married At First Sight Australia airs with an all-new Thursday, October 1, 2020, season 7 episodes 35 and we have your Married At First Sight Australia recap below.

Married at First Sight gave participants and unmatched candidates from previous Married at First Sight seasons another shot to find love and was filmed in St. Lucia in August 2018.

During Tuesday night's Married at First Sight episode, Danielle and fellow Married at First Sight, sat down with host to discuss love in their marriages.

Owner Suzie Wright said it was love at first sight when the pair were introduced for the first time in their cosy barn at Little Haven Farm.

When I first met Fin – who I bought for £3,000 in November 2009 – it was love at first sight.

When they first purchased their home in 2013, Ripa was ready to move in at first sight.

It may sound barking mad, but it was love at first sight for this rescue rabbit and Shetland sheep dog when they first met earlier this year.

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It wasn’t love at first sight for us, but that evening, the first chord was struck.

On last night’s episode of Married at First Sight Season 11, Miles and Karen share in their first kiss!

The wedding night is a big deal for the Married at First Sight couples, since it's the first time they get to spend hours alone and relaxed with their new, unknown spouses.

Thirty-four couples have appeared on the first ten American seasons of Married at First Sight couples will appear on Season 11 when it premieres on Lifetime later this year.

When Darcey first met Tom in person and hoped for true love at first sight, she quickly came to realize they weren't on the same page.

Describing the first time he entered the restaurant as “love at first sight,” Patou was determined to purchase Lapérouse one day.

As fans saw in the August 14 episode, Jordan found love at first sight with Jenna and was absolutely sold on her after their first date.

At First Sight, Violets Are Blue was released in 1987, their first recording for The White Label.

I tried to tell how a certain frosty afternoon at Leatherhead Station when I had first bought a copy of Phantastes (being then about sixteen years old) had been to me what the first sight of Beatrice had been to Dante : Here begins the new life.

A Married At First Sight UK star has shared her jaw-dropping weight loss following a gastric sleeve op.

Are Domynique and Clint still together from Married at First Sight Season 16? The two left their partner’s that they were supposed to be paired up with.

As a bringer of sudden, strong feelings and desires, this card often signals love (or lust) at first sight.

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