Sentence examples for at first played from inspiring English sources

The government at first played down their importance, saying they were just ordinary criminal gangs peddling drugs.

The German defense minister at that time, Franz Josef Jung, at first played down the incident and the fact that many civilians had been killed.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani at first played down the complaints, but after videotapes of the attacks emerged, he promised to investigate the behavior of the police.

American military officials had at first played down the episode, which occurred on Wednesday at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, and they did not immediately disclose important details.

Yet America at first played along with Beijing's fiction, placing an obscure Uighur group on its list of international terror groups, a designation China used to tar all Uighurs as terrorists.

Although officials at first played down the episode, Marine Corps officers subsequently acknowledged that the group of military dignitaries — including General Gurganus — were almost run over before the vehicle ended in a ditch.

Fighting the keyboard, Tom at first plays ineptly or badly (there's plenty of music, performed on the soundtrack by Duris's older sister, Caroline Duris).

On a positive note, Negan and Dwight try to break Daryl by leaving him locked in a dark room (naked at first), playing loud music continuously and feeding him dog food sandwiches.

At first, play the chords without any rhythm.

If your parrot doesn't show interest in the objects at first, play with them yourself.

Chris Stynes, a journeyman infielder, will fill in at third, playing next to the new shortstop, Alex Gonzalez, who was obtained from Toronto.