at first blush
Example Sentences
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Thomas’ dissent is, in many respects, more emotionally complex than either his admirers or his critics, like me, were at first blush ready to admit.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
This may seem like a paradox at first blush.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Some hedge funds are shorting shares that at first blush don’t seem very related to the fighting, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
The whole idea of a tourist attraction built as a guileless ode to love, and shrine to a Slovak poem, may strike you, at first blush, as defying both rhyme and reason.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
It may seem at first blush that cooperating with the system while urging good behavior is the only option available, but in reality it is not a liberation strategy at all.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
