Not such a bad beginning to the evening, after all.

It was a very bad beginning, but in the following month the situation only got worse.

Anne felt that they had made a very bad beginning.

That is the bad beginning which, let us hope, makes the good ending.

He told himself it had not been too bad a beginning, and would get better as they became more accustomed.

These kids have had so bad a beginning in life that even by first grade it's clear they're never going to catch up.

This is a very bad beginning, and the first step shapes the journey.

It was a day with a bad beginning, middle, and ending for the Buccaneers.

But even considering, I mean it's a sort of bad beginning, we're not doing too bad.

"Why, Diamond, it's a bad beginning to run into your own father," cried the driver.