Sentence examples for initial tentative from inspiring English sources

It's easy to see the Umm Rawaba raid as an initial, tentative attempt to turn isolated pockets of resistance against Khartoum into a broader, more unified conflict.

An initial, tentative stab at liberalisation last July provoked a vigorous and at times violent response from the country's taxi-drivers.

Baroness Verma said the government was "really supportive" of the UK's initial tentative steps into these new technologies, but added that existing low-carbon energy industries would be unlikely to benefit from future government subsidies.

It was a masterfully written and acted scene — a rash of recriminations and unearthed disappointments — from Hannah's initial tentative approaches ("Are you mad at me?" she asks) in the doorway of Marnie's bedroom to her increasingly desperate and vicious confrontations in the apartment's hallway, bathroom (a toothbrush is thrown) and living room.

Calculation of reliability, however, requires initial tentative channel estimates; therefore, a semi-blind mode is adopted.

My initial tentative posture was unwarranted.

The initial, tentative, early appearance of something like political maturity might be an answer.

And after the initial, tentative, what-am-I-in-for flare of mistrust, I decided to drop that wall of pretense and prejudice, and try to have nice conversation.