first sight
Example Sentences
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It was love at first sight, an experience the now-63-year-old says he hadn’t had before—and hasn’t since.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Camille found something that she truly loved at first sight, an object that had an obvious purpose and function, two things that we’re not always so lucky to understand about ourselves.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
It’s so recognizable because that’s always what love at first sight is.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
Weighing over 400 pounds, it would have gotten stuck at the first sight of powdered snow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
It was, at first sight, a horned horse: larger than a cart horse, but thinner, gaunt: its ribs were visible, and its skull was vivid beneath its skin.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
