at first

Idioms  

1. Initially, at the start, as in At first the berries were green, but when they ripened they turned bright red. [Second half of 1500s]

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Example Sentences

At first, I supported this war.

From Barron's

Most people in Taiwan shrugged off the “Davidson window” at first.

From The Wall Street Journal

"At first, we thought something was wrong with the camera, and then we thought it could've been something wrong with our image processing," said the paper's lead author Jessica Sunshine, a professor with joint appointments in the Department of Astronomy and Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at UMD.

From Science Daily

"We couldn't believe it at first because it was subtle and unique."

From Science Daily

At first, the feeling was eerie; the cameras peered into a city with dimmed lights, shrouded in silence.

From Salon

Related Words

• basically
• formerly