38 Words and Phrases That Can Be Used at the Beginning of a Sentence

ADDING INFORMATION 

(1) First, at first, secondly, 

(2) Moreover, 

(3) In addition, 

(4) In addition to, 

(5) Additionally, 

(6) Furthermore, 

SHARING /CITING EXAMPLES 

(7) For example, 

(8) For instance, 

(9) Take an example of_______, 

(10) Take ______ as an example, 

This can be seen in _________. 

(11) As it shows, 

(12) As I have shown, 

(13) As it has been shown earlier/in the past, 

SHOWING THE EFFECT OR DRAWING A CONCLUSION 

(14) Therefore, ________

(15) As a result, ________

(16) Because of _______, 

(17) Because of this, _______

(18) Because of this, it is clear that, _______

(19) For this reason, ________

(20) It is for this reason that _______

(21) Consequently, ______

(22) Since _______, 

(23) Due to _______, 

(24) Thus, ________

(25) This clearly shows _______

(26) It can therefore be concluded that ______

(27) It can thus be concluded that ________

(28) The link between ______ and ______ can therefore be seen, 

(29) Owing to ______, 

CONTRASTING (OFTEN USED TO DISCUSS AN EXAMPLE OR DRAW A CONCLUSION) 

(30) Although _______, 

(31) However, _______

(32) Despite _______

(33) In spite of ________, 

(34) On the other hand, ________

(35) While this is true, ________

(36) In other circles, _______

(37) In contrast, _______

(38) Nevertheless, _______