Opening

The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.

The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.

The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.

He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.

A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.

He slipped through an opening in the crowd.

He held that great exactness in craniotopography is unnecessary, all that is needed being to make a sufficiently large opening.

Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs).

There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.

Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.

They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.

The French openings decided that satin gowns, suits, wraps and even hats were to be in first fashion this autumn.

John spends two hours a day studying chess openings, and another two hours studying endgames.

Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?

If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.

The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.

We have an opening in our marketing department.

The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.