It symbolizes the beginning, a taste of things to come.

The beginning of the end came when new people bought the building last year.

Little did anyone realize that the beginning of the end had come for Sharon.

In the 1870s came the beginning of an "oil boom."

The beginning of the answer came three minutes later.

The beginning of the end for Hallman came in the season's third game.

The beginning of her love for Cedric had come with the magic music.

The beginning of the end for Duke came with 4 minutes 59 seconds remaining in tonight's game.

Then came college, and the beginning of a real weight problem.

At its peak there were over a thousand patients living in the hospital, but by the late 1960s the beginning of the end was coming.