Sentence examples for met surprisingly from inspiring English sources

This morning, they stormed the neighbourhood, and met surprisingly little resistance, as some of the criminals fled to the hills above.

Despite the high death toll, American soldiers have met surprisingly little overall resistance during the sweep, and military officials suspect that insurgents were tipped off beforehand.

The French-led effort has met surprisingly little resistance from the array of Islamist militias that occupied the northern part of Mali, an area about twice the size of Germany, in the spring of 2012 in the midst of a national political crisis.

As word leaks out about Obama's new economic stimulus plan, which will ultimately cost about $180 billion and include an immediate tax credit for businesses, it's met surprisingly little support.

But these actions were met with surprisingly little resistance.

But he has also met a surprisingly tough opponent in Kathleen Rice, a Democrat.

[C1.] Demand Is Strong for New 30-Year Bonds The first auction of 30-year Treasury bonds since 2001 was met with surprisingly strong demand yesterday.

It began with Del Naja and Damon Albarn's attempts to mobilise musicians to protest against the invasion of Iraq, which met with surprisingly muted response.

During his first hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee since his confirmation, Mr. Rumsfeld met a surprisingly unified skepticism from liberal and centrist Democrats regarding missile defense, signaling the difficulties President Bush is likely to face when he tries to sell a plan to Congress later this year.

But I met a surprisingly frail and seemingly shy and tenuous woman.

An audacious proposal by the English experimental theater director Ken Campbell to stage Illuminatus! in its entirety at The National Theatre in London was met with surprisingly open arms, particularly given its inordinate length: a cycle of five plays The Eye of the Pyramid, Swift Kick Inc., The Man Who Murdered God, Walpurgisnacht Rock and Leviathan each consisting of five 23-minute-long acts.