Sentence examples for at first thinks from inspiring English sources

When some rough-looking men ride up, Starrett at first thinks Shane is one of them.

He spends his time fantasizing about being a husband and father and living in a nice house of his own — fantasies so strong that the reader at first thinks they are real.

A deacon uncomfortably watching the birth of his child at first thinks it is born without a face and wonders if it's a punishment for his nightly walks to the dairy farm.

Mr. Motion turns green from the height, but he forges forward with his plan, asking, "Is everything all right, old boy?" The son at first thinks the question has to do with his footing: "Yes, I'm fine".

As Thornhill rows away he looks back through a telescope and sees what he at first thinks is "a beast hung up for butchering", but then understands is "the body of a black man", hanging from a tree, horribly mutilated.

By George Saunders The New Yorker, December 22 , 1997P. 74 A deacon uncomfortably watching the birth of his child at first thinks it is born without a face and wonders if it's a punishment for his nightly walks to the dairy farm.

Harrington at first thought the winless streak was shorter.

… House members at first thought the sounds were those of firecrackers.

The men, at first, think that they're after nothing but jewels and cash.

One might, at first, think the same about Nicole DeVault, the etiquette consultant at the Plaza.

Sampras at first thought his serve caught the net, but he was denied.