Sentence examples for initially tentative from inspiring English sources

Initially tentative, their passing gradually became a little sharper, a little more ambitious.

Initially tentative towards the player, the ballboy was soon seen sporting a broad grin and all seemed forgotten.

However, for some reason, her initially tentative driving gives way to a sudden burst in speed that produces some catastrophic results - mainly for the beauty salon nearby.

Donahue artfully steps out of the singing choir to question the pastor's premise, with her initially tentative hesitation turning steely as she brings Hitler into the discussion.

When I started teaching, I was initially tentative about sharing my weekend tales, until I told a story from Glastonbury to an elder statesman of my department who I subsequently learned was an Ibiza casualty.

When I joined teaching I was initially tentative about sharing my weekend tales, until I told a story from Glastonbury to an elder statesman of my department – who I subsequently learned was an Ibiza casualty – omitting any mention of the magic mushrooms I'd taken, but none of the bizarre behaviour that accompanied them.

This leads to group polarization, in which initially moderate or tentative views give way to increasingly extreme and rigid ones.

"Initially, people were tentative about buying in to that particular neighborhood, but that's been resolved, there's a comfort level now, and the real estate there is keeping pace with all of the other areas of Haywood County in terms of days on the market and selling price".

The general idea is to initialize the tentative corrected significance threshold δ to the largest possible value such that all intervals are initially testable.

The measure, while less reflective of Mr. Obama's fiscal agenda than Senate Democrats had wished, still provided fewer concessions than the president initially offered in a, tentative agreement with Mr. Boehner last month, and it was a far cry from what was on the table in 2011 when negotiators tried to reach a so-called grand bargain.

The vehicle autonomously performs local piloting, following a tentative path initially specified by the human operator through a set of intermediate positions.