Sentence examples for at first appearing from inspiring English sources

He was a ghostly presence on the cruise at first, appearing only briefly to shake a few hands.

Yet, while at first appearing diaphanous, her work often tends towards a painful vulnerability that is more defiant than compliant.

But the dance — at first appearing as random, tangling skeins of unpredictable motion — takes on its own fascination, as you begin to notice the ways Ms. Brown offers a small theme (a low, skittering jump; a swinging arm) picked up by each dancer in turn, their movements aligning briefly, then breaking into independent dance thought.

But doubts soon arose about the diagnosis, and a scientific examination of the heart earlier this year, while at first appearing to confirm the TB theory, left the mystery unresolved.

But it was less spontaneous than at first appeared.

The results might not at first appear impressive.

It's a subtler maxim than might at first appear.

Chila, at first, appears to have it easiest.

That did not, at first, appear to be the case.

And it is far more complex than may at first appear.

But the picture that's presented is much more complicated than it might at first appear.