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at the first glimpse or impression
at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails
How To Use first blush In A Sentence
- Things aren’t often what they appear to be at first blush. But embarrassment is. Jarod Kintz
- At first blush, the two appear to be polar opposites.
- The exercise of judicial discretion in a case such as the present may seem at first blush a picayune matter.
- At first blush it was a classic political coup. Times, Sunday Times
- At first blush, this is a compelling concept.
- At first blush, the situation appears exploitive.
- At first blush, this shoe evokes a mild-mannered street runner, but flip it over and you'll find an outsole that tears asphalt to shreds.
- At first blush it was a classic political coup. Times, Sunday Times
- At first blush, this discovery seems to confirm his theory.
- At first blush, this seems absurd. Christianity Today