Sentence examples for surprising alacrity from inspiring English sources

Of late, Scotland Yard seems to respond to every newspaper story with surprising alacrity.

"You disgusting animal!" she shrieked – meaning humankind's best friend, not me – and reached with surprising alacrity for her walking stick.

He Americanized himself with surprising alacrity, going so far as to listen to football games on the radio and to adopt the expression "Take it easy".

When Ms. Moss was captured on camera snorting what was said to be cocaine in 2005 at a London recording studio, the furor that followed tabloid publication of the grainy images died down with surprising alacrity.

And if a defender dared try nuzzling up to him, DeBusschere drove around him with grace and power and surprising alacrity, given that he was 6 feet 6 inches and 235 pounds.

I was grafting my nuts off on the road, getting a little kiss here, and a little cuddle there, while them... they were sorting women out, left, right and centre.' Take That talk, with surprising alacrity, about Robbie Williams.

Nick's account matches Banks's: Cook "gave his orders with his wonted coolness," and the crew "worked with surprising cheerfulness and alacrity".

But the unelected Lords, jealous of their independence and the nation's liberties, were always likely to vote it down.More surprising was the alacrity with which ministers gave in.

In a point gingerly acknowledged by some officials, the country's security services have grown accustomed to a $6 billion-plus national security budget, one-quarter of the government's total budget, and have shown a surprising lack of alacrity in responding to some recent atrocities.

I was surprised at the alacrity with which a S.P.C.O.

Her rage surprised me, and her alacrity.