at first
Example Sentences
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Tice laughed at first, Ali recalls the driver saying, apparently believing the man he trusted was joking.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"What is especially fascinating about the hat tile is that, although the resulting pattern appears irregular at first glance, it is actually constructed from the honeycomb lattice," says lead author Yuto Moritake.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Elon Musk once predicted that an end to America’s federal electric-vehicle tax credit would be painful for Tesla at first, but beneficial to it in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
They could more readily imagine the bean becoming cattle feed or an industrial raw material – which is exactly how its use evolved, at first.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
‘It was really slow at first, the way things got worse,’ Gabi says.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
