6 sentences with “initial”

He was one of the first to take the stage in the initial heat.

Ford obtained initial financial backing for the quadricycle's successor in 1898.

The initial blaze had been extinguished, but another was slowly spreading through the house.

Despite having no initial interest in establishing direct control in Greece, the Romans found that rival Greek polis sought Rome's help in their conflicts, and Roman influence in the region grew.

The Philistines were armed with iron and fought the Hebrews to an initial standstill - at one point they captured the Ark of the Covenant, which contained the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written.

The initial Gothic uprising that triggered the beginning of the end for the western Roman Empire was in the Balkans, but the Goths were then persuaded to go west. Subsequent invasions of Central Europe were directed westwards.