Sentence examples for at first believed from inspiring English sources

Indeed, he at first believed that slavery and the slave states ought to be left alone.

It was at first believed to be limited to those islands.

Stepan Bandera collapsed soon afterwards and died of what doctors at first believed was heart failure.

Since then, researchers have found that it's not quite as absolute as at first believed.

Here in Charleston County, investigators at first believed Mr. Slager when he said he had been attacked.

In partnership with Hearst, the company did start a personal-business magazine, SmartMoney, but Pearlstine at first believed that Dow Jones should have done it alone.

Papageno at first believes she means 80, but the old woman insists she is 18.

The message decodes as a "wing attack, plan R," which the crew cannot at first believe.

The film was directed by Anthony Minghella, somebody else whose loss we could not at first believe and could ill afford.

He was suspicious at first, believing his mentor was a "traitor" bugged to get more information for the police, but was eventually talked around.

A teenager told the jury she did not at first believe her friend's claims she had had a sexual encounter with the former Sunderland and England star.