Sentence examples for once prompted from inspiring English sources

"Don't all go at once," prompted the reporter.

Those we met were initially apprehensive, but became friendly once prompted by our guides.

This simple arithmetic once prompted Mr Pettis to predict that China's "average growth in this decade will barely break 3%".

In other words, we have gone back to the kind of blithe fantasizing that once prompted all movies.

Similarly, IVF treatment, which once prompted alarmist headlines about "test tube babies", is now a relatively routine procedure.

Issues that once prompted bold initiatives by both governments -- immigration, trade, energy -- are now reduced to one-liners and nonstarters.

The phrase "he had to GO!" crops up more than once, prompting roars of you-go-girl approval (and some nervous male faces) in the audience.

Davis is loathed by his fellow owners, once prompting the mild-mannered Dan Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers to call him a "lying creep".

MSF said it has treated 112 detainees who were the victims of torture, some more than once, prompting its decision to quit Misrata in protest.

While revered by soccer fans the world over, Pele's image has been tarnished at home by a string of perceived clumsy comments over the years, once prompting former Brazilian strike Romario to famously comment that "Pele when silent is a poet".

But a senior administration official gave assurances that the governor — a former co-chairman and highly successful bond trader at Goldman Sachs — understands the potential consequences of dumping too much debt on the market at once, prompting supply to outstrip demand, and how the current credit market troubles could hurt the prices for that debt.