Sentence examples for first hearing to think from inspiring English sources

One might be tempted on first hearing to think that the tangled and overlong creative process has got the better of Ocean, and that he's just released a hodge-podge of more or less finished ideas.

On first hearing, you think she's gone to school on Amy Winehouse, but you very quickly move on to Billie Holliday and Nina Simone.

In order to understand the effect Vivaldi's music had on those who first heard it, I think we need to shock ourselves.

To be perfectly honest, when I first heard it, I thought "raven" (to rave) was a person's name though, to be fair, I was only 13 at the time.

When I first heard it, I thought I was listening to old Maxwell or Musiq Soulchild from the mid 90s.

When I first heard this, I thought, How perceptive.

"When I first heard it, I thought Harcourt was crazy.

When I first heard it, I thought it sounded plausible.

"When I first heard it, I thought, Oh, Lord, get a job.

"When I first heard it, I thought it was a joke," he said.

When I first heard it I thought it was a masterpiece.