Prefaced

In between photos of first days and family vacations, I scroll through headlines prefaced by lengthy anecdotes and diatribes, my “take” attached to facts backing me up.

Kemper prefaced the conferenced by saying the information provided was preliminary as the investigation into the incident was still ongoing.

Many students prefaced their comments by speaking about their personal experiences on campus, and it was demoralizing how shocked the trustees were.

He prefaced he would probably not have applied if he knew Keller had also tossed his name into the hat.

I note that the book is prefaced with a quote from musician Patti Smith (presumably reflecting the author’s own viewpoint) - ‘Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine’.

It’s bluesy, energetic hard rock that fits the American rock zeitgeist of the time, and the singer’s assured, sexy video vamping prefaced the coquettish nature of the “I Touch Myself” clip.

This mitzvah is prefaced by the statement that Hashem will place us in our land and liberate us from all physical threats from the enemies that surround us.

More recently, he objected during a coronavirus briefing when she prefaced a question about ventilators and masks by noting that he had said some governors didn’t actually need equipment that they requested.

Napolitano’s half-hearted condolences prefaced a warning for graduate students, which referenced the potential consequence of termination.

Rickman prefaced his comments by noting complicating factors in any “ad hoc” solution, such as locations of shelters, access, measures for drug addicts, and so on.

He prefaced his presentation by stating their lack of interest in “what happens in people’s bedrooms”.

He prefaced the track by letting every one know that three decades ago, NKOTB was playing a grad night just down the road from Honda Center at Disneyland.

Not a single sports media outlet has prefaced this story with the fact that this ALL STARTED with a JuJu Smith-Schuster passive aggressive twitter post.

The book is prefaced with a short guide that includes a list of Japanese vocabulary so that readers can explain “I am vegan,” or “I am vegetarian,” et cetera.

Holowka prefaced this with a few words on how odd it felt to recite the words while dressed in a tuxedo, but even with this in mind, Benson’s words and Holowka’s delivery of them echoed the evening’s sentiment perfectly.

On Tuesday, Landon prefaced news of his appointment as “a little announcement,” and proceeded to frame the matter as originating with the charter-review facilitator and the council.

The words “speed” and “Decker” have no business in the same sentence unless its prefaced by “lack of”.

An explicit, unshared shift code prefaced each set of letters and figures.

But to the Protestants it seemed far from thorough; Martin Luther had his edition (1538) prefaced with a vignette showing the cardinals cleaning the Augean stable of the Roman Church with foxtails instead of brooms.

Each tractate is introduced with an overview of its contents, including historical and legal background material, and each Mishnah is prefaced by a thematic introduction.