Sentence examples for surprise forced from inspiring English sources

The jury concluded: "Dorothy Groce was shot by police during a planned surprise, forced entry raid at her home and her subsequent death was contributed to by failures in the planning and implementation of the raid".

Well, big surprise, force-feeding me Presbyterianism like grain down a foie gras duck hopelessly backfired.

Surprises force us to switch from experiencing and enjoying to considering and evaluating.

The Indiana Pacers, who have become a surprise force in the Eastern Conference, added backcourt depth, acquiring Leandro Barbosa from the Toronto Raptors for a second-round pick.

When his scouts brought news that the garrison of Orchomenus was marching to meet Cleomenes, however, Antigonus broke camp and ordered a forced march; this caught the city by surprise and forced it to surrender.

Its success took us completely by surprise and forced us to grow up very quickly.

Older amortals often express surprise if forced to focus, briefly, on their numeric age.

In a surprise, Macri forced a runoff election, in which he narrowly defeated Scioli with 51 percent of the vote.

The moves took rivals such as Exxon by surprise and forced it into its own mega merger with Mobil.

A lunchtime walkout by workers at the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park on Tuesday caught managers and customers by surprise and forced the closing of the rowboat rental concession, which the restaurant runs.

But these victories were transitory: in Osroëne, Edessa had shown resistance, a defense was organized in Cappadocia and Cilicia, and Odenathus, the prince of Palmyra, took Shāpūr by surprise and forced him back to Iran.