How to Use initially in a Sentence

initially

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  • But people were initially asked to move from the north to the south.
    CBS News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Innes, who was initially charged with murder, was 18 at the time of the killing.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • Aguilar initially said that the two of them had gone to a Belton-area park to stargaze.
    Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 2 July 2020
  • The pair initially met as child models in the early ‘90s, when Rivera was just 4, per E!
    Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Rooker’s home run bounced off the top of the wall and back into play, and was initially ruled a double.
    Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Fans were initially concerned about the 10-year age gap.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 18 May 2023
  • The injury, Ríos said, was worse than initially thought.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In fact, the staff was initially hesitant to make them.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
  • The pact was initially a way to support Bloom, noted the singer, who shares a daughter named Daisy with the actor.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 23 June 2023
  • Like so many projects of this type, it was initially developed as a movie.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • The pause will initially last four days to allow 30 child hostages and 20 women out of Gaza, and aid into the enclave.
    Summer Said, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2023
  • All five of the cops, who were fired a few weeks after the incident, initially pleaded not guilty to Nichols’ death.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In March, Deadline revealed the target, which was initially set for 2025, had been pushed back a year.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The song initially appeared on the group’s mini-album Crazy, which dropped Aug. 30.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • It was initially thought as an old fashioned bank run on the exchanges reserves.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The pair initially met at Studio 54 on Hansen's 23rd birthday.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • All about their feud The current king's favorite pooch breed is the Jack Russell, initially bred for fox hunting.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • This came as a relief to Roberts, who initially thought another clock might be added.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Martin plays Robert in the series, a man who works at the exclusive beach club and initially doesn’t trust Maxine.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Ryan initially said that all six safe rest villages would be in operation by the end of 2021.
    oregonlive, 3 Feb. 2023
  • He was initially charged in the baseball bat attack with assault with a deadly weapon, court records show.
    CBS News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The club was eager to return to New York City and initially envisioned going back to the Garden.
    Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 6 May 2023
  • Daniels initially failed to meet a June 11 deadline set by the union to commit to turning on the air conditioning.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2024
  • The fact that his previous tour was initially booked in a room that only holds 5,000 fans should tell you just how quickly the singer's career has hit the fast track.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2024
  • It was initially ruled that Fox had two 3s b,ut one was later taken away and counted as a two-point basket.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Despite his love of the film, Walsh was initially hesitant.
    Gregory James Wakeman, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In both cases, the member of the lower caste was shot to death, which for the Jewish woman was initially only heard but not seen onscreen.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Hayes Seafood House was initially set up as a fresh supermarket in 1877.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The farming class initially enjoyed it as a cheap but tasty way to utilize an abundant crop as far back as the beginning of the Common Era.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The Orsini Polyptych, on the other hand, could initially be folded up and toted around by its patron, the cardinal Napoleone Orsini, who could worship its pictures in private.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024

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