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

Aledo’s path ahead is treacherous The Aledo Bearcats didn’t play up to their standard in the beginning of the season. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026

Then the guilty verdict came down and Perkins expressed her joy and frustration that her predecessor, District Attorney Michael Morrissey, did not charge Farwell with murder in the beginning. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

The quirky spirit of Portland is felt all over Wildwood, particularly in the beginning of the film (pre-crow-kidnapping). — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026

Eisenberg wanted Mona to move from looking quite childlike in the beginning, and swiftly move through her evolving transformations. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for in the beginning

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