at first
Example Sentences
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Avid AI users won’t be terribly impressed at first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
What distinguished Didion is her style, so carefully milled as to be not noticed at first.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Subsidized goods for a low price may be a nice change at first, just have the common courtesy to not let the door hit your favorite bodega owner on the way out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
On a stereotypically rainy day in Manchester, we're ushered into a kitchen that at first glance appears to be in a normal terraced house.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The curfew too, at first, was no hardship for us, since it was originally set at 10:00 P.M., long after we were indoors in any case.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
