at first

Example Sentences

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"At first, we were measuring only small areas of brain tissue," Wang said.

From Science Daily

At first glance, the geraisites appear black and opaque.

From Science Daily

What might at first seem a bit of preciousness, and which even Gyllenhaal initially makes seem a bit of a throwaway, reveals itself to have a much deeper meaning.

From Los Angeles Times

At first he thought it was just the one animal but later found a carrier containing a female and four male newborn kittens.

From BBC

Considered an unremarkable man, lacking the charisma and the religious bona fides of his predecessor — and with the country emerging from a bruising eight-year war with Iraq — Khamenei did not come with an ambitious plan for change at first.

From Los Angeles Times