Sentence examples for prompt surprise from inspiring English sources

He said the tweezers were presumably used to pluck hairs as they would be today but their discovery should not prompt surprise.

So what will prompt surprise and - in some quarters - outrage is the disclosure that there was a 10% increase in bonuses and other incentives awarded to staff to £2.4bn, including a 13% rise to £1.6bn in such rewards for Barclays' investment bankers (see one I wrote earlier on all this).

Initially the decision to bring South Africa into the club prompted surprise, even incomprehension.

The Lubanga episode has prompted surprise and discomfort in the large legal community of this city.

The footage prompted surprise among observers that he had been portrayed in such an unflattering light.

A generous programme of rewards for whistleblowers has prompted, surprise, surprise, a cacophony of whistleblowing, some of which may be dubious.

"You go to these county conventions, and you see the tactics, Gestapo tactics, the scorched-earth tactics," Manafort said, prompting surprise from host Chuck Todd.

The decision by the appeals court, which ruled 2 to 1 in favor of Mr. Wilson, prompted surprise from some legal experts, who wondered how a respected veteran prosecutor made such a simple procedural mistake and why the judge allowed his statements to stand despite an objection by the defense.

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's Tuesday tweets about the escalating diplomatic crisis in Qatar prompted surprise and pushback from his party's top foreign policy voice in the Senate. .

This prompted mock surprise from Rep. Woolsey at last spring's Congressional briefing: "What a concept.

Photograph: Laura Lezza/Getty Images The news prompted little surprise on Twitter at least.