How to Use beginning in a Sentence
- Go back to the beginning of the song.
- We were late, so we missed the beginning of the movie.
- The changes that have been made so far are just the beginning. There are many more changes still to come.
- He came from humble beginnings.
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A lot of new beginnings in my life atm.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
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That day marked the beginning of a new phase.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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And this guy has been alive since the beginning of time.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
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And it's been like that for me from the beginning.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Is this the beginning of the big rollover?
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
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Maybe this can be the beginning of that trend.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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But there is one that stood out to me from the very beginning.
—Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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And that’s so much of what the beginning of this movie is.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026
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And this is the beginning of mine.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
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The best chance for storms will be at the beginning of the match.
—Aaron Mentkowski, New York Times, 5 July 2026
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That — that was a red flag from the beginning.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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The ban would start at the beginning of the school year this fall.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
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This was, from the beginning, a new era.
—Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
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And all that was just the beginning.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026
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These bursts were the beginning of the avalanche.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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That’s been around since the beginning of time.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
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There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning.
—Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
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God has loved her from the beginning.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026
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This deal could be your new beginning.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
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Here’s to new beginnings and fresh starts!
—Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
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This was at the very beginning, right?
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
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And this is just the beginning.
—Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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And this is just the beginning.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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And this is just the beginning.
—Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
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And that was just the beginning.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
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But that was just the beginning.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
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But fans had been mourning the loss of the cheeky, friendly kid from the beginning days of the band for years.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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There from day one From the very beginning, common marmoset dads are there to help.
—Bridget E. Hamilton, National Geographic, 16 June 2020
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A lot of the dialogue existed and the crew had the beginning demos of the songs to work with.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Three ounces of seed will cover 400 square feet, a nice start to a beginning habitat garden.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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This method jump-starts the development of the dish, infusing big flavor from the very beginning stages.
—Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
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The very beginning moments of In Utero are Dave clicking his sticks to cue in the rest of the band to start the song.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
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At the very beginning stages of our company, nobody had a lot of experience doing this.
—Tasha Robinson, The Verge, 8 June 2018
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Abdin would often commend her on her patience and strength during the beginning weeks of the summer, which sparked a friendship between the two.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2023
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Tuesday’s report date for Chiefs quarterbacks and rookies is a beginning step in the team's title defense quest.
—Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
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Involving your makeup artist and hair stylist from the very beginning stages of the wedding planning process is a good way to ensure cohesiveness.
—Meg Storm, Town & Country, 4 Oct. 2016
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Jamie Haller started her brand during the beginning months of the pandemic in 2020.
—Talia Abbas, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
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Zach Edey is also expected to miss the beginning portion of the season after getting surgery on his ankle in June.
—Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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New York’s own ban, which went into effect during the current school year, has been widely praised by educators during its beginning months.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Polk County supervisors also approved helping with the beginning phase of the project by funding soil sampling.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
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Nonetheless, the kickback swept in hard during the beginning months of 1986, and many of the complaints came from Black male artists and thinkers.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
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In this case, the planetesimal that was the beginning stage of Earth didn’t drop its MVEs at the start of its development.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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Overconsumption of luxury goods reigned throughout the beginning years of the 2000s.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Aug. 2023
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Maria is getting through the beginning part of the date by trying to make Joey drown out the sound of her own anxiety and Sydney is silently praying that Maria bursts into flames.
—Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
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Dugger served as a backup through the beginning portion of the season before being dealt to the Steelers at the NFL trade deadline.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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Next week, Grizzly Bear headline the first show in a five-night run at New York’s Brooklyn Steel, the beginning leg of their first tour in six years.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
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The beginning scene swiftly transitions to a courtroom, where Gary sways the jurors with this same power of persuasion that’s reminiscent of the call and response of the baptist church.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
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This year, the same core four returns, however, Glendale coach Anthony Mohr has seven beginning golfers added to the team that will help build the future of the program.
—Glendale News-Press, 4 Sep. 2019
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Regarded as a beginning step in the proper direction, the Pacer is as encouraging an offering as Detroit has produced in some time.
—William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 22 Apr. 2023
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The beginning weeks of DOGE earlier this year were marked by chaos and confusion as the group carried out mass layoffs and spending cuts across federal agencies.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 1 May 2025
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For the beginning bass fisherman looking to level up the game and try their hand at a casting rod, Duckett’s Silverado Casting rod doubles up as my best bass fishing rod for beginners pick as well.
—Rob McDonald, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
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This is a far cry from the beginning days of their relationship in 2016, when Justin was fresh off his number one album Purpose, which would go on to be certified six times platinum and be nominated for four Grammys.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 21 May 2025
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In San Marino, conversational Mandarin is offered for adults at the beginning and intermediate levels for $220 a semester.
—Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
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