After the initial disbelief, she accepted her condition and learned to monitor and control it.

Just as he'd expected, now that the initial disbelief and excitement had worn off, everyone was jostling for a slice of the action.

Scarborough knew what he saw in spite of his initial disbelief.

Reva's cancer diagnosis sent her through an initial disbelief and hesitancy before treatment.

His words were met with initial disbelief, then accepted with growing anguish.

For viewers, initial disbelief is quickly folded into a methodical ritual of breaking bad news.

After the initial disbelief, my feelings were automatically transformed to tears.

Within her fanbase there was an initial disbelief that the pictures were real.

Lenin was met with initial disbelief in April 1917.

After some initial disbelief on his part, they fall in love.