at the first blush
Example Sentences
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To look at the first blush of reconstruction down here in the 1990s is to grow nostalgic for a New York that moved at a different tempo.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2018
I would not believe it at the first blush.
From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
Other pauper factories were in full swing, and at the first blush it seemed that the Athloners lived by looking at the river and discussing the affairs of other people.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
It looks at the first blush as if the vessel is bound to stay here till she has rotted and the engine rusted away, but we are not going to despair.
From Steve Young by Fenn, George Manville
Deep thought seems often, if not always, inconsistent at the first blush.
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
