Sentence examples for at first believing from inspiring English sources

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

Officer Oviatt said he stumbled upon Mr. Holmes behind the theater, at first believing that the tall, thin man in the gas mask and commando gear was a police officer.

No one moved at first, believing it to be a joke until he fired a shot into the ceiling.

Harrison put the composition "on ice" at first, believing that with the tune having come to him so easily, it might have been the melody from another song.

At first believing that he had been struck by enemy fire, he found that the engine switch outside his cockpit had turned off.

The Stanley family completely ignored her husband at first, believing him to be of "no use to anyone certainly not our Julia".

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

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

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.

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