Sentence examples for had initially confronted from inspiring English sources

Adusalam al-Tarhouni, a government worker who arrived with the first wave of protesters, said several pickup trucks with the group's fighters had initially confronted the protesters and opened fire.

But, he says, the cop who had initially confronted him spent the rest of his time there glaring at him.

But if Zimmerman had initially retreated when he confronted Martin, he would not have had to pull his gun and Martin would be alive today.

According to some reports, riot police had initially been ordered to "stand and observe" rather than confront rioters.

Though she had initially planned to explore a typology there, too, she was confronted instead by the distinctiveness of individuals.

Clarke, who had initially refused to apologise in a round of TV interviews, wrote to a victim of attempted rape who had broken down in tears when she confronted him on a Radio 5 Live show over his "disastrous" plan.

Clarke, who had initially refused to apologise in a round of TV interviews, wrote to a victim of attempted rape who had broken down in tears when she confronted him on the Radio 5 Live show over his "disastrous" plan.

This had initially puzzled me.

The ministry had initially declined to comment.

Zambrano-Montes, a 35-year-old homeless Mexican immigrant who may have been mentally ill, was initially confronted by the cops after allegedly throwing rocks at police and passing cars, but he was otherwise unarmed and may have been fleeing when he was shot.

Other accounts of the shooting have been offered by the military and the police, although they all seem to agree that Mr. Chut Wutty and the reporters were initially confronted by In Rattana, a military police officer.