Word Finder - beginning

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The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

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That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

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That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

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What was the beginning of the dispute?

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The initial portion of some extended thing.

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That house is at the beginning of the street.

She gazed up at him, her heart beginning to flutter.

She was beginning to relax when he launched the question.

He was beginning to hate the cold.

She was beginning to get a bad feeling.

I was beginning to be vexed with you.

Why, we were beginning to despair!

All her dresses now fit snugly across the bust, and even her skinny legs were beginning to have some attractive curves.

Her world was beginning to spin as she realized her vision had come true.

Are you beginning to looking forward to seeing her?

The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life.

She is also beginning to realize that she is not like other children.

It was all beginning to make sense.

It was beginning to sound like fun.

The garden was beginning to look weathered.

Panic was beginning to set in.

As a matter of fact, I'm beginning to feel pretty good.

She got the language from the language itself, and this is, next to hearing the language spoken, the way for any one to get a foreign tongue, more vital and, in the end, easier than our schoolroom method of beginning with the grammar.

So we go back to the beginning.

As a matter of fact, a stamen is a stamen and nothing else, from the very beginning.

I'm just beginning to see what I've been missing.

Slowly the facts were beginning to seep through the layer of shock.

We're just beginning to understand their impact on nature and the universe.

The curtain blocking him from his memories was less defined, like ice beginning to thaw.

Lydia walked away from him, down the path to the beginning of the trail that led back to an area known as the Big Blue Wilderness.

I'm beginning to think we might be underestimating deputy Larkin.

Even eliminating suspects was beginning to be a major chore.

His fangs lengthened, and she stared at them, the reality of her situation beginning to sink in.

Then start from the beginning.  Tell me your story.

There was none in the beginning.

The office of Gaon lasted for something over 400 years, beginning about A.D.

These preparations had not consumed a great deal of time, but the sleeping Gargoyles were beginning to wake up and move around, and soon some of them would be hunting for their missing wings.

On the third day after the beginning of the storm the snow ceased.

But as soon as he thought of what he should say, he felt that Prince Andrew with one word, one argument, would upset all his teaching, and he shrank from beginning, afraid of exposing to possible ridicule what to him was precious and sacred.

It was already the beginning of June when on his return journey he drove into the birch forest where the gnarled old oak had made so strange and memorable an impression on him.

He had a brilliant position in society thanks to his intimacy with Countess Bezukhova, a brilliant position in the service thanks to the patronage of an important personage whose complete confidence he enjoyed, and he was beginning to make plans for marrying one of the richest heiresses in Petersburg, plans which might very easily be realized.

At the very beginning of the war our armies were divided, and our sole aim was to unite them, though uniting the armies was no advantage if we meant to retire and lure the enemy into the depths of the country.

A commander-in-chief is never dealing with the beginning of any event--the position from which we always contemplate it.

Too many coincidences are beginning to add up.

Dean left the cell confident that the old man was coping, but he was beginning to mirror Fred's concern with his past.

Dean arrived just as the service was beginning, having been at his desk since 7 a.m. stewing over the recent turn of events.

Dean was beginning to have serious reservations about the trip and his tacit agreement to it now that it was a real­ity.

He could still picture Ralph slowly turning, the flies beginning to gather.

Three slugs of gin later he managed to get away, just as the desk was beginning to look appealing.

Much as she loved them both, she was beginning to form a special attachment to Tim.

The temperature was going back down and the places that had melted were beginning to refreeze.

He was beginning to look upset — probably because he thought she was jumping to conclusions again.

Was he beginning to adjust to the idea?

For Carmen, the name seemed perfect, as the new foal came at the beginning of a new life for her.

Every tenth year, beginning in 1880, the Senate is authorized to propose amendments, which proposals, if concurred in by the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, are published in the principal newspapers of the state.

As such, it was considered to represent the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th Century.