1.   Although skeptical at first, he took the classes and was pleased with the results.

2.   Curry said her husband was skeptical at first, equating gray or silver hair with old age.

3.   Duong was a bit more skeptical at first.

4.   Even members of the group were skeptical at first.

5.   Fluent in Spanish, Pederson attended his first IAPA meeting a decade ago, but was skeptical at first, based on what he had heard.

6.   For the same reason, some senior Hewlett-Packard executives were skeptical at first.

7.   He said the faculty yearbook adviser, Susan Komandosky, was a little skeptical at first.

8.   I admit I was somewhat skeptical at first.

9.   I was skeptical at first.

10.   I was very skeptical at first.