Examples of 'not at first' in a sentence

Meaning of "not at first"

Not at first: Indicates that something did not happen initially, but occurred later on

How to use "not at first" in a sentence

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not at first
Not at first but once they realize.
The implications of this did not at first sink in.
Maybe not at first but eventually it will.
Was not sure if you were serious or not at first.
The paper was not at first a commercial success.
A correct answer on his examination paper was not at first given credit.
The priests did not at first build any fortifications.
Not at first no less than.
Yet its onset was not at first widely perceived.
Not at first glance.
The film was not at first successful.
Not at first anyway.
So gradual they may not at first even be noticed.
Not at first sight.
The younger son was not at first permitted to.

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She did not at first perceive or understand the object of it.
I was right but not at first.
He did not at first reveal his plans.
Yet he knew me not at first.
It did not at first have a sinister connotation.
There are few successful adults who were not at first successful children.
She did not at first inspire confidence.
He settled down to a steady career of painting though not at first successful commercially.
Maybe not at first blow.
It has to be said that these ideas are not at first sight very clear.
It was not at first presented as a religion.
The principle of an opportunity cost does not at first glance seem hard to understand.
Effi did not at first move into an apartment of her own.
These findings in a high risk population may not at first be generalized as a general population.
I did not at first realize that she was talking about the baron.
At least not at first.
Man did not at first regard death and disease as natural phenomena.
Although not at first.
Not at first recognized.
You did not at first.
You do not have to tap the old chump for much not at first.
He was not at first sight.
But obtaining this truth can bring effects that may not at first be expected.
It did not at first believe.
He pulled up his scarf when Not at first.
But not at first.
The case of the husband and wife Bac is not at first one.
However this change did not at first disturb the ecclesiastical arrangements.
Not at first glance a matter for Homicide.
The two rabbis did not at first cooperate with each other.
Not at first when she came back from London.
Probably not at first.
I did not at first get an interview with Peterson.
The little human animal will not at first have the right responses.
It was not at first exclusively Gurkha in composition.

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