(n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
Example Sentences:
(1) Meanwhile, Brighton rock duo Royal Blood top this week's album chart with their self-titled album, scoring the UK's fastest selling British rock debut in three years.
(2) Two decades after Donna Tartt soared to literary stardom with her debut The Secret History, the reclusive author is set to release her third novel this autumn.
(3) The story and the characters of Girl Online are mine.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella with her debut book ‘Girl Online’.
(4) As a result of a psychopathological total systems analysis of the debut of exogenously aggravated and nonaggravated paranoid schizophrenia the authors have revealed a significant interrelationship allowing the characterization of both general regularities of the "background" effect and individual characteristics secondary to a concrete nature of exogenous impact.
(5) The Guardian's Xan Brooks described Fruitvale Station as a "quietly gripping debut feature" in which "one has the sense of a man being slowly, surely written back into being" after the film's Cannes screening in May.
(6) The appearance of a band with lean, spiky songs, high cheekbones and excellent trousers was therefore the cause of considerable excitement, to which they mischievously alluded in the title of their debut album, Is This It.
(7) What the film does, though, is use these incidents to build an idiosyncratic but insightful picture of Lawrence, played indelibly by Peter O'Toole in his debut role: a complicated, egomaniacal and physically masochistic man, at once god-like and all too flawed, with a tenuous grip both on reality and on sanity.
(8) Justice League, a followup to Dawn of Justice featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, arrives in May 2017, with a film starring Flash and the Green Lantern debuting the following Christmas.
(9) Ellen Page is to make her directorial debut with Miss Stevens, starring Anna Faris as a teacher chaperoning a mob of high school students to a state drama competition.
(10) Immediately upon his election, Ryan debuted a new Twitter handle, @SpeakerRyan, with the message: “Let’s do this.” Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) Let's do this.
(11) That is the question facing Major League Baseball pitchers who are faced with the horrendous looking but protective hat that made its debut this week.
(12) "It was a great debut for Christian," said the Spurs manager.
(13) Leroy Sané, a substitute, slotted in seamlessly on his debut.
(14) No, what swung it for us was their debut album, An Awesome Wave, which has been rapturously received.
(15) Photograph: Redferns Maurice made his Broadway debut in 1875 in Pique.
(16) The debut of the film – before an audience of business journalists, film critics and a smattering of Wonga customers – comes before a grilling by MPs in Westminster on Tuesday as calls grow for tighter curbs on payday lenders.
(17) Before we meet, I have to have a stern talk with myself about not mentioning the game last August in which all Arsenal fans will contend that Barton got new signing Gervinho sent off on his debut; he's had similarly abrasive encounters since with fellow midfielders, Karl Henry from Wolves and Norwich's Bradley Johnson, the latter earning him a three-match ban.
(18) This season’s other much awaited debut will be Natalia Osipova , dancing her first Kitri with the Royal later this month.
(19) It was a good, fair deal, and three days after signing, on 29 October 1960, Clay made his debut as a pro and defeated in six one-sided rounds Tunney Hunsaker, a former chief police officer, in Louisville’s packed Freedom Hall.
(20) Deft and perceptive, with the ability to contribute his share of goals, Eriksen made his Eredivisie debut at 17 and received his first senior cap at 18, making him the country's youngest international since Michael Laudrup.
Unfurl
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rally – reminiscent of the Occupy-style rallies that started in 2011 – started outside the FCC’s Washington headquarters at noon with protesters from Fight For the Future, Popular Resistance and others unfurling banners reading “Save the Internet”.
(2) Then the parachute unfurled and guided the vehicle to an ocean splashdown about three hours later.
(3) A Palestinian flag was unfurled on the floor of the general assembly after the vote.
(4) Across a narrow seafront road, a camp for people fleeing drought and fighting has unfurled in the sandy nothingness.
(5) After it touched down, Chang'e 3's solar panels, which are used to generate power from sunlight, unfurled and the spacecraft began transmitting pictures back to Earth.
(6) Kaepernick and Reid dropped to one knee while a naval officer sang The Star-Spangled Banner and dozens of military members unfurled an oversize flag at the Chargers’ Qualcomm stadium.
(7) Defour’s status at his former club fell to pariah and caused a graphic banner to be unfurled when he returned to the Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Anderlecht colours.
(8) "Belief Beyond Reason" reads the Tifo unfurled by the Timbers fans.
(9) Maradona is better than Pelé.” Venezuelans make political protest against president Fifa theoretically bans political slogans from World Cup stadiums but this did not stop a group of Venezuelans from unfurling a giant banner protesting against the government of Nicolás Maduro, the president.
(10) But without fans football is not worth a penny” was unfurled before fans started to fill up the section after five minutes of play, with Arsenal supporters breaking into a round of applause to welcome them.
(11) Later, protesters unfurled a large rainbow flag in front of the store and read out the testimonies through a megaphone and called for the support of their right to families.
(12) He had not even waved a Ukrainian flag at the gathering, but was accused of “standing near” the flag and of not stopping others from unfurling flags, including one which said “Crimea is Ukraine”.
(13) But once a patient is right to be discharged, they should be discharged and cared for in accordance with Australian and international law.” On Thursday, protesters abseiled from the Yarra Bend bridge over the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne, unfurling a banner reading #LetThemStay.
(14) At this demonstration – where nobody’s nose even bled – a banner was unfurled: “I stand with you, Master!” Turkish officials claim 'concrete evidence' of Isis link to bombings Read more “Master” is a nickname given to the president by his sympathisers.
(15) Instead the flag will now be unfurled at the council's headquarters on 17 designated days.
(16) I don’t understand how a defendant in the same case with the same evidence … is on the beach in Australia,” said Fahmy, after unfurling an Egyptian flag to demonstrate that his heart remained Egyptian despite being encouraged by officials to give up his citizenship.
(17) That should have been that and provided Wenger with good cause to leave with a smile on his face, but as the Arsenal players celebrated at the final whistle, a banner was unfurled in the visiting end by a small group of supporters calling for the manager to pack his bags.
(18) The Portuguese’s name was chorused throughout as a number of banners were unfurled around the arena prior to kick-off, one reading: “Hang your heads in shame,” summing up the poisonous mood, with both Fàbregas and Costa jeered when their names were read out before kick-off.
(19) At a Middlesbrough football match two weekends ago, vast banners were unfurled, saying "Being Poor is Not Entertainment".
(20) They plan to unfurl a banner in protest of Arctic offshore drilling but have no plans to interfere with the ship’s navigations, he said.