Sentence examples for seemed prompted from inspiring English sources

Each block, it seemed, prompted a surprising anecdote, a cautionary tale or a case study in urban policy.

And the transmission of the electronic message today -- nine days after her accusations first became public -- seemed prompted by the furor stirred by her harassment accusation.

The pardon, presented as a "humanitarian" act by the government, seemed prompted by Italy's close relations with the Vatican, which has campaigned for Mr. Agca's release and made forgiveness a theme of this Roman Catholic Holy Year.

Suddenly being, so it seemed, prompted by a certain premonition, she picked up the iron pot, placed it on her head and said, 'Come on, children,' and leaving the road entered the thickets and led the way, parting the bushes and the high weeds as she traveled alongside the open fields.

Queen Victoria's behaviour, unexpected even by her family, seemed prompted by the threatened loss of her daughter.

The timing of the attacks seemed prompted by a series of considerations: most of all, the interest of political contenders, the Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in demonstrating their toughness prior to national elections scheduled for February, but now possibly postponed until military operations cease.

His fears seem prompted by his favourite story: a ghoulish, gothic pop-up book that tells of a malevolent spirit, the Babadook.

Now the popularity of the king, who turned 64 today, seems prompted by an almost religious belief that his movement's victory would bring instant improvement.

The arrival, then, of punchy Spanish rhythms seems prompted as much by a need for musical contrast as by the fact that the soprano has turned to Lorca.

There's a handgun in the glove compartment and something nasty in the trunk, though the fights that flare between them seem prompted more by Crystal's immature neediness than by their immediate hazards.

Ms. Mayor said her study of ancient texts revealed ample evidence of a "bone rush" among Greeks in the fifth century B.C. Every discovery of huge bones, it seems, prompted speculation that they belonged to this hero or that giant.