Sentence examples for initially contended that from inspiring English sources

Mr. Grimm had initially contended that the vandalism, which occurred on Saturday night on a busy thoroughfare in New Dorp, was "a politically motivated crime" and called it "an assault on democracy".

When Jack Ryan sued to have some of the divorce records sealed, her lawyer initially contended that the maneuver was an effort to suppress information that might damage his future political career.

Prosecutors initially contended that disclosure of Mr. Butler's status as an informant would not have changed the outcome of the trial and sought to have Mr. Pratt returned to prison.

While some experts initially contended that only three countries -- the United States, the former Soviet Union and Iraq -- were known to have made the high-grade anthrax powder that floats easily in the air, many others disagreed.

He initially contended that Paul had made aggressive sexual advances to him, prompting him to stab Paul in self-defense.

"I've got a lot of confidence in President Bush," he says, although he was concerned initially when the White House contended that Mr. Bush did not need to seek a resolution from Congress to act.

It was Romney who first contended that the Obama administration initially denied that the attack in Benghazi was an act of terror for fear that it would sully the president's reelection claim that he had "decimated" Al Qaeda.

Initially, the community college district chancellor and other officials contended that the series was one-sided and sensationalistic, and that the district, which serves 142,000 students, had completed many successful projects and fixed many of the problems.

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In her suit, filed in California Superior Court, Ms. Stillman contended that Mr. Burnett steered two contestants to vote to eliminate her rather than another participant, Rudy Boesch, as they had initially intended.

Mr. Coombs contended that stripping his client was medically unjustified.