Sentence examples for was sprung on from inspiring English sources
"It was sprung on Congress," he added, sounding regretful.
The resulting trap was sprung on the President at his deposition in the Jones case.
He was sprung on a technicality by a panel of Mexican judges, under circumstances that struck many observers as suspicious.
The infighting reflects tensions over the viability of the proposal and the way in which it was sprung on colleagues.
Their bill was swatted away by Republicans in part because it was sprung on them by surprise.
His ambush failed – the vote was sprung on the Commons – and he was charged with being party to a "grubby plot" and "jiggery pokery".
It can't just be sprung on".
The first is that reform can't be sprung on the electorate.
He arrived just as an ambush had been sprung on several thousand Germans.
When he complained that changes were sprung on the neighborhood abruptly, Mr. Moerdler disputed it.
"Consumers feel like it's been sprung on them," she said.
