Sentence examples for caused consternation abroad from inspiring English sources

Shevardnadze caused consternation abroad when he resigned as foreign minister in December 1990, not least because he explained his decision as an attempt to shock Gorbachev into the realisation that "dictatorship is advancing" and that the conservative revisionists had to be resisted.

He recanted on his commitment in 2009 to Palestinian statehood, causing consternation abroad but little comment in Israel, where nobody really thought he was still a supporter of a two-state deal.

The offer caused consternation.

The end result caused consternation.

At Langley, Brennan's performance caused consternation.

Last week, finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith caused consternation when he quoted another Nobel laureate, the Indian economist Amartya Sen, as saying Yunus was responsible for tarnishing Bangladesh's image abroad.

At first this news had caused consternation.

That figure caused consternation in France.

A WEEK ago, it was Greece that caused consternation.

Instead of celebration, however, the result has caused consternation.

But the subject matter caused consternation within the band.