Sentence examples for understood at once from inspiring English sources

I understood at once that it was an attack.

She understood at once and collected herself; we both stepped back.

Another actor, I suppose, would have understood at once what Brando was saying, but I found him difficult to follow.

It was understood at once that such a change would be explosive; Senator Trent Lott, the former Majority Leader, came up with "nuclear option," and the term stuck.

"And, even if we did not see why, the authorities understood at once: mass media could very easily be manipulated to achieve any goal.

Still, he understood at once that television was something important for better or worse, and he decided on the spot to be part of it.

The smile that Alice gives, as her utterance falters, is more heartbreaking for being so radiant; we understand at once what it will cost this particular woman to put on a good show, and a happy face.

We stopped in at the Times shrine the other day and had a pleasant, reminiscent chat with Mrs. Farrar, who gave us to understand at once that she was not the inventor of the crossword puzzle.

"We decided we'd try to find the simplest modern equivalent to every moment in the play," she said, "so that someone who knew nothing about Greek drama or the story could understand at once what was going on".

The audience understands at once that Beth feels standards have shifted in her absence, and she needs to reassert herself; that this sort of minor hostility is what has alienated J.P.; and that the mood of this temporary reunion will continue his shift of allegiance towards Vicki.

Whoever reads it will understand at once why the corporate media were so terrified by what she had written that they didn't dare give it the media coverage it so richly deserves.