Sentence examples for initially I assumed from inspiring English sources

Initially, I assumed we were in for another double-cross: Why this long conversation between Saul and this terrorist?

Initially I assumed I had a chest infection so went to my GP the following Monday just to check.

Initially I assumed that I would know I was on the right track if the mainstream science fiction people hated it all.

Initially, I assumed it was one of the many myths that had begun to circulate, but when I visited Engine 40, Ladder 35 one afternoon, a firefighter told me that there was in fact one survivor in their company -- a man named Kevin Shea -- who had some kind of amnesia.

Initially, I assumed this was due to Apple killing the app running in background, but I couldn't get them to start uploading again.

(When I read your e-mail initially, I assumed you were also comparing the Wellesley Fund to the other funds that dropped 39% or so. And the 25% spread there would more than cover the 2/20).

Initially, I naïvely assumed that the butler had it pretty good, considering how insanely wealthy his boss was.

I want to suggest in this lecture something that will initially sound, I assume, like a peculiar formulation: there's a strange way in which Milton has to imagine himself losing his memory if he's actually going to open himself up to the muses' inspiration and the inspiration of the Christian, the heavenly, muse.

I initially assumed I'd just keep our plan through COBRA, the acronym for the 1986 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, which allows full-time workers to hold onto their health coverage up to 18 months after losing a job.

Rather than question the demands the school was placing on its preschoolers -- or let my son be himself -- I initially assumed I had done something wrong.

As someone who does not follow or know anything about sports, I initially assumed I had nothing to say about anyone who could be labeled a "coach" at a school labeled "Rutgers".