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 | [e-mail], 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
• The drone was used initially to communicate with the child.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
• 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 improvements will initially be available to a test audience, with a wider release planned for next year.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024