Sentence examples for astonishing behaviour from inspiring English sources

He said he was still "baffled" by the astonishing behaviour of his mount in last year's Epsom Classic, Dawn Approach, who refused to settle and blew himself out by halfway.

The young cuckoo has evolved an astonishing form of behaviour, that of nest-mate eviction, that ensures that it will not have to compete with members of the foster brood for food.

Dolphins and whales have complex vocal communications and are able to learn an astonishing variety of behaviours.

But it has astonishing effects on human behaviour too, increasing risk taking and hyper activity.

Distinguishing between sexual aims (the act toward which instincts strive) and sexual objects (the person, organ, or physical entity eliciting attraction), he elaborated a repertoire of sexually generated behaviour of astonishing variety.

An outraged Rosebery denied all on his wife's behalf, while in December 1885 Lady Rosebery's only response on being told of Virginia Crawford's confessions was: "Dilke's behaviour is very astonishing in some reports, though it is not an actual surprise to me".

As a revolution in behaviour, its completeness has been astonishing.

That's why we've ended up with the astonishing sight of Theresa May condemning officers' behaviour in terms that would have been unthinkable a generation ago.

Monday's ceremony also saw Elizabeth Kolbert's The Sixth Extinction win the non-fiction Pulitzer, cited by judges as "an exploration of nature that forces readers to consider the threat posed by human behaviour to a world of astonishing diversity".

Its replacement, Richard Rogers Mossbourne Academyy, is now home to astonishing results in terms of educational achievement and pupil behaviour.

In an astonishing couple of minutes, he looks back at his own hardline behaviour and regrets it: "I had a different opinion then of what was happening, and we ended up shooting people.