at first sight
idiom
: when first seen or considered
It appears at first sight to be a simple matter of hiring more people.
Examples of at first sight in a Sentence
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Hunter has described the interaction as love at first sight, recalling the moment in his memoir, Beautiful Things.
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Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
Rick is just a regular guy lost on his first day of work who sees Michonne on a park bench, asks her for directions, and falls in love at first sight.
—Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Such an attitude is the more important because the desirability of social peace has recently been attacked from what, at first sight, might seem two opposite directions.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
However, not every partnership is love at first sight.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
This Buff & Hensman mid-century modern house had a lot to love at first sight.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 May 2024
The Eye Gouge: The eye gouge prevents love at first sight by ending their sight.
—Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
Jude Law’s Dickie was impossibly beautiful, the life of every party, and a man with whom the younger Tom Ripley of the movie understandably fell in love with at first sight.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
There’s a villain, love at first sight, a plot to frame someone for the murder, close calls, and improbable escapes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
Rick is just a regular guy lost on his first day of work who sees Michonne on a park bench, asks her for directions, and falls in love at first sight.
—Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Such an attitude is the more important because the desirability of social peace has recently been attacked from what, at first sight, might seem two opposite directions.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
However, not every partnership is love at first sight.
—Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
This Buff & Hensman mid-century modern house had a lot to love at first sight.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 May 2024
The Eye Gouge: The eye gouge prevents love at first sight by ending their sight.
—Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024
Jude Law’s Dickie was impossibly beautiful, the life of every party, and a man with whom the younger Tom Ripley of the movie understandably fell in love with at first sight.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
There’s a villain, love at first sight, a plot to frame someone for the murder, close calls, and improbable escapes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
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