beginnings

Example Sentences

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“It should reflect American values: hard work, humble beginnings, doing right by your neighbor,” the interior designer Annie Elliott told HuffPost.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Across the album’s nearly 80 minutes, Mr. Kahan’s struggle to reconcile his modest beginnings with his outsize success eventually wears you out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The best coming-of-age stories derive their power from being endings as much as beginnings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

It is a far cry from his humble beginnings and unusual route into the sport.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Some logs had hoofs or claws, tails or horns; some had the beginnings of a face, a mouth or an eye; some had hands with fingernails.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez