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Discover LudwigThe phrase "first inkling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the initial hint or indication of something, often a feeling or suspicion.
Example: "My first inkling that something was wrong came when I noticed the unusual silence in the office."
Alternatives: "initial hint" or "first sign".
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"That was the first inkling".
The first inkling came after Sept. 11.
The first inkling came in the selection of the site.
The first inkling of the novel you want to write.
This is when I had my first inkling that something was not quite right.
"TV was my first inkling of what it was about," Neff said.
The first inkling of what Farragut had accomplished at New Orleans came via newspaper accounts.
Her illness was also their first inkling that her family might have an inherited mutation.
Their first inkling came when they visited a woman's home outside Phoenix.
The first inkling that this might not be so comes with the attack on the barge.
So I bought it and that was the first inkling I had.
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