Sentence examples for were at first from inspiring English sources

Military operations were at first restricted.

Nobody knew what they were at first.

"You forget how things were at first," he said.

Relations between the two countries were at first tentative.

The lines were at first run as distinct enterprises.

American forces were at first often confined to their bases.

The idiom and proportions were at first still Daedalic.

Television companies were at first reluctant to tell them.

And there were, at first, arguments, we didn't know this was happening, and then it's fine.

Resistive switching devices were at first conceived to be used in memory applications.

The guests were at First Church for two weeks.