at the first blush

Example Sentences

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To look at the first blush of reconstruction down here in the 1990s is to grow nostalgic for a New York that moved at a different tempo.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018

Undoubtedly at the first blush it is a cheerful scene that first meets our eye. 

From The Night Side of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

I would not believe it at the first blush.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

Now, at the first blush, one would not think of any common ground of meeting for our Aunt Anniky and the Empress Josephine.

From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate

At the best of times his manner was abrupt, though rarely rude, unless there was a reason for it, albeit that the outsider might fail to fathom it at the first blush.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.