Sentence examples for start off not from inspiring English sources

Contrary to widespread belief, Blanchard says, the majority of trans women in the West start off not as effeminate gay men but as straight or bisexual men, and they are initially motivated by erotic compulsion rather than by any conceived female identity.

You'll know what it's like if so: you start off not even realising how many times you've hit replay; you'll get the song stuck in your head, and decide that the only way to make it stop replaying in your mind is to repeatedly blast it out of speakers or headphones until you're completely sick of it.

Start off not too high, and gradually make your way up.

Your team will eventually become like family to you, even if you start off not knowing anyone.

"We started off not wanting that to happen," he said, describing quiet and somber hours of conversation.

Moffett explained: "She starts off not being particularly likeable but by the end she's learned a lot from her experiences and from The Doctor.

Everyone starts off not speaking well, but with practice you'll improve.

"It started off not so great; I didn't have the best front nine," Pressel said.

This year, Ashura started off not only as a reclamation of lost culture but also of lost glory.

"I started off not particularly liking too much color stuff," he said, limiting his color photographs to those taken by Mapplethorpe and Mr. Penn.

So Blackstone started off not exactly as a corner luncheonette.