in the beginning

phrase

: at the start

The company was very small in the beginning, but it eventually became a giant corporation.

Examples of in the beginning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Appointments to these boards generally happen in the beginning of each calendar year and are at the discretion of the Sacramento mayor who weighs councilmember preferences and workload. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Haley also might have given me that first gray hair in the beginning of the game. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Collins thrived with the Atlanta Hawks alongside Trae Young, another scoring guard who prioritizes facilitation, in the beginning of his career. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Was the emancipatory nature of web pages evident in the beginning? — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for in the beginning

• binning
• dinning
• ginning
• grinning
• inning
• pinning
• sinning
• skinning
• spinning
• thinning
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• twinning