at first
Example Sentences
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It’s also staged to implicate the audience in the Marcos’ ascension to office, ultimately revealing how corrupt leaders often appear charming at first.
From Los Angeles Times
"It was scary at first, trying to work out what was going on," he added.
From BBC
"At first they're really embarrassed, but we talk and I tell them to tell others, and then they come and they do it," she says.
From BBC
Andrew didn’t seem too concerned at first.
The way Kilgore at first proudly offers his canteen to, but then thoughtlessly withdraws it from, an enemy soldier who is about to die is priceless, and reportedly based on a real incident.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
