Scientists are also human, and these sceptic reactions reinforced a natural initial inclination among other researchers to defend their previous numbers. (scientificamerican.com)
I think that would be their initial inclination — to be very suspicious of it, and say, «It seems that you've imported some pagan ideas in.» (relevantmagazine.com)
When Homestat Farm reached out to see if I'd like to try their recently reformulated instant oatmeal, my initial inclination was, «Nope! (rachaelhartleynutrition.com)