first blush

Example Sentences

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I think I didn’t even quite understand what I was reading — I’m sure at first blush I thought it was romantic and wild, just like my all-consuming teenage crushes at the time.

From Los Angeles Times

At first blush, the storm did less damage to the electric grid than feared.

From Barron's

At first blush, ChatGPT provided a useful first cut even though, for this exercise, I only analyzed three of the six plans that met my criteria.

From MarketWatch

"At first blush, they thought it was just a lot of individual initiative from Chinese companies," he says.

From BBC

Memories get classified in ways that seem at first blush straightforward.

From The Wall Street Journal