It was his rude introduction to the harsh new realities of large firm practice.

I tell her that I have no complaints other than the state of my cell, my rude introduction to rap music and window warriors.

But she received a rude introduction when Red Lobster's spring promotion, steak and lobster, fell flat.

All in all, it was a rude introduction to golf at it's highest levels.

After this spring's rude introduction to Washington, does Cristophe think the town is hip?

To Ms. Le Guin, it was a rude introduction to the quietly proliferating problem of digital piracy in the literary world.

It has been, without doubt, one of the more delightfully rude of introductions.

It was a rude introduction to football.

It was a rude introduction to New York.

However, despite this rude introduction, his five years of experience in the wild enables him to help the less experienced newcomers survive their first rainy season.