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Foremost


Definition:

  • (a.) First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He is also the foremost theorist of the Tijuana-San Diego border in terms of what happens when the urban culture of the developing world collides with that of the developed world.
  • (2) Foremost among the predisposing factors were measles (25%), empyema thoraxis (17%), and unconsciousness (13%).
  • (3) Was he being put forward as the foremost literary novelist of his generation, one whose best-known work stands comparison with The Naked and the Dead , Gravity's Rainbow , American Pastoral , Beloved and Underworld ?
  • (4) The inhibition of the synthesis of cellular macromolecules and of the function of nuclear enzymes points to the fact that it is the nucleus that is first and foremost attacked.
  • (5) He said: “China is first and foremost a football country.
  • (6) The diet of pre-school children in this region of Kenya consists foremost of maize and milk.
  • (7) Over the past 40 years her voice has been marked, first and foremost, by a supreme intellectual confidence, a tone evident from the first line of the first essay (Notes on Camp) that made her name in 1964: "Many things in the world have not been named.
  • (8) First and foremost, if there are living victims of torture who seek redress from the British government they must be treated with dignity, no matter how long ago those abuses occurred.
  • (9) Domestic violence is not driven by anger, first and foremost.
  • (10) He huffed and puffed, gazed at the heavens at times, and at one point he accused the country’s foremost human rights officer of verballing him.
  • (11) It is suggested that first and foremost in complicated diabetic pregnancy strict normoglycemia should be adhered to prior and all through pregnancy.
  • (12) "First and foremost I want some sort of apology to me and my family."
  • (13) Foremost among these is a modification of the cell wall from an undulating structure to one which is smooth and has become enlarged.
  • (14) We hope there is a post-Commonwealth Games glow with the home nations doing so well, but first and foremost it is an entertainment show."
  • (15) "A dear friend, and Sweden's foremost foreign correspondent, was gunned down in Kabul today," said Swedish columnist Jenny Nordberg.
  • (16) The present review is first and foremost a tribute to Monroe Eaton and his colleagues for their trail-blazing discovery of a major cause of the atypical pneumonia syndrome and their steadfast vision of its importance.
  • (17) Medicine is deeply related to other practical knowledges studying human conduct, foremost of which is Ethics, underlying all medical acts.
  • (18) Ted Green, Britain's foremost ancient tree expert, said: "Man's passion for ancient trees is boundless, touching all walks of life, professions and classes, and is a continuous thread throughout history.
  • (19) This sort of description of our patients implies that they are, first and foremost, people, and that their disease is yet another aspect of their inherently complex lives.
  • (20) But, first and foremost, we need to go to Stamford Bridge and win.

Worst


Definition:

  • (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
  • (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
  • (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
  • (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For viewers in the US, you get the worst possible in-game managerial interview in Mike Matheny, one that's so bad, it's actually great!
  • (2) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
  • (3) Tepco has taken on a US consultant, Lake Barrett , who led the NRC's cleanup of Three Mile Island, the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the nation's history.
  • (4) Contrary to previous reports, approximately 20% of the neurons in V3 were color selective in terms of showing a severalfold greater response to the best monochromatic wavelength compared with the worst.
  • (5) From comparative in vitro tests in air, fat, water, and saline it was concluded that only tests in fat or air represent the worst case condition after implantation.
  • (6) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
  • (7) But he lost much of his earnings betting on cards and horses, and he has readily admitted that it was losses of up to £750,000 a night that compelled him to make some of his worst films.
  • (8) Serial measurements of proximal interphalangeal joint circumference using a single joint that was selected as being 'worst' on clinical grounds or the largest joint at baseline were compared with the mean of all 10 joints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis receiving second-line drugs.
  • (9) Not that I would ever accept it, but because in doing so they've exposed themselves as the worst kind of tabloid.
  • (10) For both the single- and multiple-band signals, performance was best when the signal band(s) had a different envelope from the common envelope of the cue bands, and performance was worst when either the cue bands all had different envelopes, or the signal and cue bands all shared the same envelope.
  • (11) It will be only a matter of time before the body-count begins.” Jeremy Hunt says five-day doctors' strike will be 'worst in NHS history' Read more The BMA says it will call off the strikes if the government abandons imposing a tougher new contract in October, but the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt , was in a no-turning-back mood on the BBC’s Today programme this morning.
  • (12) The poor weather is coming at the worst possible time for retailers.
  • (13) For now, it is a hypothetical danger and England cannot be doing too badly if the worst controversy about Hodgson's squad is who goes as reserve left-back.
  • (14) This is no doubt a captain’s pick by Malcolm Turnbull and we hope for the sake of the relationship that it has been a good pick.” The planned appointment of Hockey to the Washington role has been one of the worst-kept secrets in Australian politics .
  • (15) Worst case results yielded a 5.8 degrees C surface temperature elevation, suggesting that thermally induced damage is unlikely.
  • (16) The accident on 10 April 2010, killed the president, first lady and dozens of senior officials, in the worst Polish air disaster since the second world war.
  • (17) Share your experiences Read more Last month, Delhi’s 20 million people suffered through the worst smog episode in 17 years, according to the Centre for Science and Environment.
  • (18) "If Germans start spending more, Germany could start importing more from the periphery [worst hit by the debt crisis]," he said.
  • (19) He thought that “it wasn’t [Trump]’s worst debate but it wasn’t his best”.
  • (20) Romanians making Polish wages go down.” Then he adds: “The Romanian, he not the worst.