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As opening salvos go, it was a pretty good one.

I believe they were the opening salvos of a civil war.

The opening salvo of something struck them at just that moment.

"This is the first opening salvo in a real attempt to bring back the size of government and start living within our means."

The opening salvo was to have the waiter ask if they would like anything else.

"We think it's a great opening salvo and we'll see what happens over time."

You know there's a war on when the opening salvo arrives.

Reporter: What could be the opening salvo of the 2016 republican primary.

DeMartino’s opening salvo is better known from the trump suit.

The coming confrontation has already had opening salvos from both sides.

Last summer's raids turned out to be the opening salvo of a record industry war in several states.

And you may also be hearing the opening salvo in his campaign to make sure 2005 belongs to him, too.

"We see this as the opening salvo of the 2012 election season.

It had been that way from the opening salvos of the uprising.

This forum was the opening salvo of a very long campaign for mayor.

Still, the coach pronounced himself pleased with Thorpe’s opening salvo here.

The raid would be the opening salvo in a war on slavery.

"The opening salvo in these negotiations came from the governments," he said.

Indeed I didn't actually read the entire opening salvo.

Consider this the opening salvo in the new world order for credit card firms.

When I played, the response to the above opening salvo (or “foreplay”) was quite disappointing.

The criticism looks a lot like the opening salvo in a race certain to be shaped by spending issues.

Their manager is not the kind to retract an opening salvo.

It was his opening salvo in the intensified phase of the election campaign.

That looks like an opening salvo for bigger attacks on the scheme next year.