Sentence examples for was usually met from inspiring English sources

This answer was usually met with applause.

"Before last summer, when I told people I had ALS I was usually met with a blank stare," Kidd says.

The odd success – Grease and Evita, for example – came along but was usually met with hostility by critics (the late Andrew Sarris said of Grease: "It's hard to see how it could be any less fun that it is").

And while the efforts of more recent stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dwayne Johnson and Vin Diesel to undercut their hard man reputations was usually met with decidedly mixed results (though I've a passing fondness for Junior), they did at least prove those actors had more than one feather in their cap.

If I mentioned the growth of the black middle class, or the number of black American CEOs running companies such as American Express, Time Warner and Kmart, or the increasing number of blacks with PhDs, I was usually met with stares of incredulity or slapped down by undeniable statistics.

In fact, whenever I mentioned the beverage during a recent trip to Mexico, I was usually met with the kind of tempting warning an evil older brother gives his younger sibling – something akin to, "I don't know if you should try it.

The "highly qualified" requirement is usually met through graduate or professional training.

I find that this is usually met with more warmth than the truth: that I am an only child.

Back in June, the inflatable refugee boats were usually met by a handful of local activists, if they were met at all.

Often, the playing was too quiet for anyone except those nearby to hear, but the performances were usually met with a smattering of applause.

Infrastructure targets are usually met in China because governments have little trouble with not-in-my-backyard protests.But some economists believe this is all too much.