How To Use Prompt In A Sentence

This prompted a flurry of clarifications from sources that were no doubt close to Duncan. Times, Sunday Times
The dean promptly caved and told us that our party was now being called the ‘Annual’ party
This prompted the question that he explored through a compelling narrative. Times, Sunday Times
The men never exerted themselves except when hunger prompted, or a spent magazine made the acquisition of "peltries" necessary to barter for powder and ball. The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports
It also tires the body out, prompting it to sleep more soundly. Times, Sunday Times

The wolf market may be here to stay, at least until the economic recovery accelerates or another catalyst prompts the market to find footing.
It is notable for excellent supplying and selling with good quality, reasonable price and prompt shipment.
Two stories this week will have prompted the same question. Times, Sunday Times
Her rally faltered momentarily when she bunkered her second to lose the 12th to go two down again, but promptly birdied the long fifth with two big hits on to the green and the 14th after an approach shot to within seven feet of the flag.
The Philippines’ most active volcano erupted again Monday, spewing ash and molten lava into the air, prompting volcanologists to warn of more violent eruptions in coming days.
i was in floods of tears at the end of "Bridge to Terabithia" when i went to go see it with me ten year old nephew. he promptly spent the rest of the day laughing at me for it and calling me a woose but in my defence it was really sad. lol. wrenchturner (5 posts) on April 16, 2009 - 9: 46pm. AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
On appeal to the CAFC, the court stated that the applicants "misapprehended" the BPAI's decision, noting that none of the rejected claims contained the limitations which prompted the reversal. Archive 2008-04-01
Deliberate in counsel, prompt in action.
This procedure is a form of critique: the photomontage provides us a critical distance to reflect on what we had been prompted to desire, whether it was a luxury product, an ideal of feminine beauty, a racial superiority, or an entire way of life. Merrill Cole: WikiLeaks and David Wojnarowicz: A Perspective from Berlin
Prompt payment of bills greatly helps our company.
I left Chop Suey slightly bruised from getting in the way of an impromptu one-man mosh pit and grinning foolishly, which is the way all the best shows end. The Parson Red Heads and Blitzen Trapper at Chop Suey | Seattle Metblogs
Unable to contain their joy, boys of Punjab broke into a song prompting their friends to do a jig.
If it transpires that the patient has not yet attended the general practitioner for this diabetic review one reminder prompt is sent.
A simple single-storey pavilion is enclosed by folded concertina walls and roof, prompting irresistible comparisons with origami.
Staff stood amazed as they listened to this unprompted assault on Stewart's integrity.
This institute shall act as a repository for all modern extrication and medical relief techniques to ensure quicker rescue and provide prompt medical relief, comparable to international standards.
With little prompting from the teacher, the students raised and vigorously pursued the following questions.
Her bold actions have elevated her to the status of national hero and prompted thousands of offers of marriage.
Deliberate slowly, execute promptly.
‘Say goodbye’ I say as I squeeze their mittened hands as a way of prompting.
Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack.
What prompted the government to cave in before was the total paralysis of the country. Times, Sunday Times
Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.
But when it came, Bristol promptly surrendered the lead. Times, Sunday Times
Rain, heavy cloud cover and thick fog in the area had prompted Albania's prime minister to cancel his own flight to the conference.
Many are prompted to make their own training arrangements by the lack of opportunities from their employer. Times, Sunday Times
This afternoon the Palestinians held an impromptu press conference.
Getty Images The membership of Tom Coburn R., Okla. in the group prompted a skirmish with antitax activists. Senate 'Gang' Hashes Out Deficit Plan
The current scandal could improve his chances-or prompt a crackdown that might dash any hope of his getting power.
Many children had more than 60 micrograms of lead per decilitre of blood, six times the level that the Centres for Disease Control CDC, an American government agency, says should prompt public action. The Economist: Daily news and views
She was undernourished, an observation that prompted yet another unasked question.
There were some figures in the West who needed little prompting from the Russians to conclude that all was not as it seemed. Times, Sunday Times
To be irresolute when a prompt decision should be taken would only spell disaster.
Reflective journals have prompted self-regulated or metacognitive ways of thinking in students in graduate and undergraduate education courses.
Stuart and I promptly donned our dressiest outfits -- in my case, a $5 black tuxedo from the Salvation Army that I used when performing with the orchestra -- and grabbed our next door neighbor, "Circle" (so named because it looked like someone made his face with a perfectly round cookie cut-out and cut his hair with a bowl on his head). Eliezer Sobel: Calling Dr. Laura: Old Loves And The Boundaries Of Fidelity
The size of this latest mimivirus is unprecedented, prompting researchers to name it a mamavirus. ��Sputnik�� Virus Can Attack Others, But Is it Alive?
Most of the European powers promptly recognized his government. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
One died presumably to satisfy some ideological or religious prompting or to get revenge, and the other while trying, somehow, simply to get by.
This prompted me do do a little cutting, pasting and formularising, and this it what I found.
The reporter is revealed to have a wooden leg, prompting Roger to launch into another of his weird family tales, this one about a peglegged uncle. Chron.com Chronicle
But the opener did turn a bit testy in the eighth inning when Grant Balfour hit J.D. Drew in the right shoulder with a high fastball, prompting a few Red Sox to holler from the bench. Dice-K masterful as Red Sox beat Rays in ALCS opener
I took the photograph in an impromptu manner, the manner in which I take most of my photographs.
The autonomy of the intralingual translation of Ereignis vis-à-vis its dictionary-based definition prompts Heidegger to reject the authority of the dictionary. Archive 2007-07-01
The meeting will begin at ten o'clock prompt.
I believe what you are calling a smirk is where his teleprompter is telling him to "SMILE" -- that's so we, and he, know that he told us a joke, and also to dispel that nasty rumor going around about his bad temper. McCain Jokes About Obama's Overseas Trip And Press Coverage
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This function is provided by option 6, Preview, on the print prompt line.
For despite its majestic name, the Kitchen King masala is best suited as a multipurpose masala that is best used for throwing together tasty and impromptu dishes for everyday meals for us commoners. Archive 2008-02-01
I promptly filled the sink with water and dunked my head in, letting my ebony locks flop messily to the sides of my face.
This prompted him to query Ja-calan, their resident geologist. The Deluge Drivers
The resolution of nosocomial pneumonia can be defined clinically or microbiologically, but presumably a clinical nonresponse will the prompt consideration of bronchoscopic evaluation.
There's also a notable kitsch factor about the place -- the trashy menu, the lowbrow drink selection (Mad Dog and brands of beer you swore you'd never drink again), the neon band-logo signage and the retro tuneage -- that has prompted some detractors to grumble that the brashness is a little Westword | Complete Issue
My letter to Holiday Inn about the event prompted a classic non-response.
So, how to accurate and promptly gain the structurized data information has become a current vertical search area research big topic.
It's like an impromptu back-and-forth duet between lovers, all the more realistic for being unrehearsed and spontaneous.
The deluges also prompted an increase in crop prices.
WASHINGTON - Overeating makes the brain go haywire, prompting a cascade of damage that may cause diabetes, heart disease and other ills, US researchers reported on Thursday.
If you are in love, anyone encroaching on your territory will prompt insecurity. Times, Sunday Times
The looser rules on timing and the volume of shares available for repurchase prompted more than 200 companies to announce new or expanded buyback plans.
There are many emergencies which need prompt first aid treatment.
It would also protect against septicaemia in which bacteria multiply unchecked in the blood, possibly causing death without prompt treatment.
Take prompt and professional action in response to intelligence and reports of triad - related activity and crime.
Well, due to an impromptu trip to McDonalds for the wife, which then turned into a half-hour wait for a McFlurry (and nuggets and fries for me) in the drive-thru, I was pretty sure my night was shot. A review for INK
The global downturn has prompted governments to consider borrowing to lower taxes. Times, Sunday Times
A burglar alarm went off, prompting the arrival of officers who detained the two undercover cops. The Sun
About a hundred brains that had been stored in glass jars in a basement on campus have disappeared, prompting fears of a great brain robbery. Times, Sunday Times
How exactly did he prompt her, Mr Markham?
The measures could prompt companies to change their structures and move jobs out of tax havens: It may mean that a lot of activities are onshored again.
Robert promptly arranged to meet me at an inner city bar the following night.
The dictionary prompted real estate consultant Joel Ascetto to design a three-hour course to help Rhode Island real estate agents.
A similar test involving email yielded the same result, although the researchers' limited pool of testees - 63 for the phone and 50 for the email - coupled to the fact that only nine subjects were filmed across the two tests, prompted "some scepticism". Thoughts are things (thoughts have wings).
This problem calls for swift/prompt action from the government.
The cheese, of course, dropped to the ground and was promptly snapped up by the cunning fox. 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry
The sergeant has come instead for a blacksmith who can promptly mend the broken cuffs so that they can be put to use this afternoon in the hunt for two escaped convicts.
Prompted by this discovery, researchers are developing biomaterials specifically for the regeneration and repair of tissue, shifting the emphasis from replacement of tissues to regeneration.
Women's football has enjoyed a boom and the Olympics could prompt a similar growth spurt. Times, Sunday Times
The fish that had prompted me to take leave of my senses is an evil-tempered, prehistoric critter that lives only in certain big, cold, fast rivers in Mongolia and Siberia, most of which flow into the Arctic Ocean. Bill Heavey Chases Mongolian Taimen (with Prairie Dogs as Bait)
The ceremony was prompted by an astrologer who told the girl's father that the union would transfer the evil effects of the planet Saturn from the girl to the dog.
Pimentel, 61, barricaded the road, prompting a lawsuit from the church.
Women who want their eggs removed and stored must take medication to prompt their ovaries to produce multiple eggs. Times, Sunday Times
I must commend the RTA for a prompt reply to my letter, and their immediate attention to this dangerous situation.
He regularly prompted attacks with incisive forward passes. Times, Sunday Times
The allergic reaction causes the cells to release histamine, a chemical which prompts the sneezing and itching impulse.
The violence was clearly prompted by political motives.
A note on discount Cash discounts A supplier may offer a cash discount to a retailer who settles his account promptly.
The potential concentration of those activities might also prompt antitrust regulators to give any merger close scrutiny, Threlfall said.
The Friend promptly ceased publication. The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge
The dregs of last night's bottle of red wine prompted this comforting meal in a bowl. Times, Sunday Times
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Ralph Waldo Emerson
The quote from his impromptu speech regarding space travel and its relation to human bone deterioration was hilarious.
As this issue of TIME closed, our editorial staff discovered it had some lovely reasons for an impromptu party: three orchid-decked researchers ablush and abeam with plans for marriage.
After protesters emerged from invading the conference centre, hundreds of people staged an impromptu march around the vast hall.
In Hampstead he moved into a bedsit on the same road as the Nicholsons, which he promptly painted white, and worked in a studio next door to Nicholson's. Mondrian's little known London period highlighted by exhibition of rare works
Press Alt-F6, then press Y in response to the prompt Page formats affect the overall appearance of the page.
Large exostoses had developed and the subject remained lame, but union of the broken bone took place in a surprisingly prompt and effective manner, when age of the subject and nature of the fracture are considered. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
This division between ins and outs had prompted a painful argument over the need to establish a forum for ministers from the ins, without causing a dangerous rupture from the outs.
There are four popular Chopin items, the first set of the Schubert Impromptus, and Ravel's La Valse as transcribed by the composer for piano solo.
Then there's "smishing" - unsolicited text messages that either download malware or try to prompt you to give up your personal information or credit-card number. MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
The little spark of hope within me promptly extinguished itself.
My post last week on the value of your word prompted some very thoughtful comments to the post along with several very insightful email messages. Russell Bishop: How to Rebuild Your Integrity
News of the fatal attack has prompted enquiries from prospective owners to kennels that raise the dogs, which were originally bred from cattle dogs, mastiffs and bulldogs brought to the Canary Islands by British settlers.
They are resourceful people and impromptu is the mode of operation they most relish. 5 To the River « Unknowing
He said that the expectation and excitement prompted by the Jubilee across the nation has confounded the cynics.
This prompts a digression, as I recall that I once threw a party at a flat I'd recently taken possession of - but before the arrival of my furniture.
It was promptly announced to Harvard dealers that the rebel had been sacked from Sheppards.
Last week, the Mexican peso touched an all-time low versus the dollar, prompting the government to intervene in the foreign-exchange market.
After that, I won my appeal at a council hearing but, instead of reinstating me, they promptly sacked me again.
It has prompted claims the government tried to bury bad news. Times, Sunday Times
She said the continued revegetation efforts of community groups had prompted Active Community Environmentalist members to launch the nursery.
Those factors will prompt first one, then several dealers, to lower prices to capture market share from competitors.
Emergency care consists of placing a suitable dentine lining material on to the fractured dentine, and so prompt treatment by a dentist within the same working day or at least by the following morning is required.
Big-city noise levels prompt birds to sing louder in order to be heard by other birds over the din, according to research by German ornithologists.
Tightly wrap or store in covered containers all cooked meat, poultry, and fish and shellfish and refrigerate them promptly.
Crop yields drop as topsoil is lost, prompting subsistence farmers to clear more land.
The imminent campaign to attract staff from outside Scotland is prompted by concerns about the ageing teacher population and new commitments on class sizes.
From an apparently unthreatening position, 30 yards out on the left, he spotted a gap and promptly fired the ball into the top left corner of the goal.
There were some figures in the West who needed little prompting from the Russians to conclude that all was not as it seemed. Times, Sunday Times
An unacceptable approach to prompting would be to ask an open question and to suggest possible answers only to some respondents, such as those who appear to be struggling to think of an appropriate reply.
A serious comedy, it prompts whoops of delight while also making people think, in this case about the purpose of education. Times, Sunday Times
Cells treated with Delta - 1 promptly began repopulating the bone marrow in the animals.
In order to ensure prompt despatch of the Information memorandum to you please fax the signed confidentiality agreement to me on.
A lower court affirmed the ruling last week, prompting an appeal by the companies involved. Times, Sunday Times
Many pupils were still asking closed questions that did not encourage or prompt elaborated answers.
All names are placed in a hat and eight lucky names pulled are invited on stage for individual impromptu tuition.
Prompt response to requests would help to ease the pressure as would a concerted effort being made to increase membership.
When he wasn't prompting attacks, he was scoring mighty points.
So long as the exploitage of man by man was considered a necessary and eternal institution, there existed no motive to prompt men to subject it to Freeland A Social Anticipation
When you've done all the prompts for a topic draw a giant spider diagram to show them all. Times, Sunday Times
Nova Scotia's opposition MLAs voted down a finance bill Monday, prompting the fall of the minority Progressive Conservative government and setting the stage for an election. Archive 2009-05-01
Karadzic rarely referred to specific allegations in the indictment, concentrating instead on what he described as the victimization of the Serbs in Bosnia and Croatia, which prompted them to take up arms. Fore, right!
It uses context-sensitive filtering technology to determine whether a message is offensive and prompts people to reconsider their actions. Times, Sunday Times
These men promptly escaped from a maximum-security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
The crisis has prompted a mass exodus from Delhi. Times, Sunday Times
Open a new command prompt and type.
This can mean narrowing roads and removing clear-cut edges, prompting drivers to navigate with care.
Does this scenario sound like the 2002 dockworker dispute at West Coast ports prompted by lockouts of longshoremen?
Press Shift-F7 to display the prompt line 4. Press 4 to select the Printer Control option.
Prompt payment of bills greatly helps our company.
The invention of the telegraph prompted similar fears yet the language flourishes regardless. Times, Sunday Times
A crew from Acomb - also in uniform - arrived promptly to quench the flames before anyone was hurt.
There's also another method to use so the user is placed directly into privileged exec mode when telnetting in, avoiding the enable password prompt.
His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition.
His departure from the political scene would ease the president's efforts to tackle the ailing economy, prompting him to say the charges against him were political. Times, Sunday Times
In just those few days they had built a complex, many-layered, fully functioning but impromptu nest!
There the mayor attempted to arrest them, and Buckingham had to pull off his beard, confess his identity, and claim that as admiral of the fleet he was off to arrange an impromptu inspection at Dover.
In the Court's view, the events that prompted the burgomaster's direction in May 1968… are of a nature to justify an ‘emergency’ confinement of the kind provided for at that time under section 14 of the Netherlands Act.
BUT Quentin spent one semester in school and got promptly thrown out. ICED
A young pig was promptly despatched, and while he was being roasted among hot stones, and while chickens were stewing in cocoanut milk, I persuaded one of the cooks to climb an unusually tall cocoanut palm. Chapter 10
Indeed, rebel movements prompted international relief workers to evacuate the city Friday, fearing impending violence.
This was disappointing for those of us who relish a good book-world punch-up; but fortunately, it has been all over the press that Sir Vidia promptly recruited some new enemies. An Irish Lesson in Hope and Marketing
Then competition with Mission Valley shopping centers and suburban residential growth prompted a rapid decline.
Rio de Janeiro's legendary traffic had prompted the authorities to take drastic action to alleviate the worst of the congestion. THE RHYTHM SECTION
Their split when she was just 19 left her with nervous exhaustion and prompted a short spell in a psychiatric ward.
Rarely has such a quiet, unassuming display prompted such effusive praise and raucous celebration. Times, Sunday Times
The train paused for only a few minutes at Hershey, then pulled off about a hundred yards and promptly broke down. The 12:39 to Matanzas
At one point a man next to her jokily sings in a foreign language, prompting laughs in the carriage. The Sun
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Zarr's hair, his eyes, and some of his internal viscera remained with his bones prompting some of the terrified members of his party to retch with revulsion.
In previous years, teams like Galway and Kerry have lifted the cup prompting the commentators to predict an extended reign as the kings of football.
Dani Fernandez, a coach with the Spanish federation, said Castellet "fainted" after the accident, which prompted officials to take her to the hospital to be checked out. Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
They should be promptly and cheerfully paid in full with much sincere gratitude toward the lender.
The story has a tribal storyteller style to it and is almost ritualistic in places - what prompted this?
A lower court affirmed the ruling last week, prompting an appeal by the companies involved. Times, Sunday Times
It is triggered from a Windows Command Prompt, usually in the form of a batch file.
Teaching judo cannot be impromptu or extemporaneous.
Even when promptly gutted, cleaned, cut into steaks or fillets and then shoved into ice, kingfish is best eaten the day it is caught.
Now I wonder how he sees my slatternly ways given his own promptness.
After treatment with isoniazid, rifampicin, and ethambutol, clinical recovery was prompt: the fever quickly resolved, and within a week laboratory studies showed normal values.
The week before's outdoor session was rained off, but nothing daunted the members adjourned to the clubroom where an impromptu portraiture session was set up, with members being put through their paces by Michael O'Sullivan.
Leaving his Eton Square flat promptly at 7am each day, he has every hour of his players ' days programmed to the last second.
It said that the 'promptness' criterion, which was up to a court's discretion, was not compatible with the Directive. OUT-LAW News
We offer prompt and reliable after-sale service .
Psychologist Christof van Nimwegen is interested in effective user interfaces for computer systems, and distinguishes between systems that require users to internalise the knowledge needed to carry out a task and those that externalise it in the form of wizards, prompts, menus and the other elements we associate with modern computers. Z is for ZPD « An A-Z of ELT
I'm looking forward to a prompt reply.
Peter looked admonishingly towards Elspeth, prompting Teddy to cease. Boiling a Frog
His decision was undeniably prompted by the fact that a girl he fancied was performing in the school play.
The diagnosis of a metastatic follicular carcinoma prompted a repeat computed topographic scan and ultrasound of the larger cystic renal mass to rule out synchronous involvement of the kidney.
Listen out for impromptu acoustic sets in the camp site after dark. Times, Sunday Times
The artist has people on the payroll just to prompt him to get to work. Times, Sunday Times
It's not so much on the real rare, high-end comics or artwork but the bad economic news seems to be prompting a downturn in, as one of them put it, "the kind of merchandise that the guy across the aisle is also carrying. WonderCon | Thoughts on Day Three | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
Sen. Obama, like many other politicians, uses teleprompters, so his great ability to orate is based mainly on his ability to read and not speak from the hip. Obama addresses rumors head-on at pro-Israel conference
Such perverse behaviour prompted calls for the group to be awarded the title of ‘the most charmless in rock’, so it's with a heavy heart that I trudge along London's Caledonian Road to meet them.
Why should you know which beta-lactam would appropriately treat a pneumonia patient with pseudomonal risk when the EMR prompts the appropriate selection for you? More concerns about Government mandated and financed electronic medical records
Away in the background some of them had familiars or casual prompters to whose counsels they were wont to listen, but many of the adjoints who moved in the limelight of the world-stage were gritless and pithless. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
Giving “insiders”—workers and managers—too much control is often thought to slow restructuring and prompt excessive wages and overstaffing. The Return
However, a curious thing happens when you open a DOS prompt.
The store manager walked up the temporary stage promptly at 6 PM.
Wildgoose promptly falls in love with a fascinating damsel-errant, Julia Townsend; and the various adventures, religious, picaresque, and amatory, are embroiled and disembroiled with very fair skill in character and fairer still in narrative. The English Novel
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Aerial surveys revealed that a small Rhine tributary had once carved an island here, and the silted channel was promptly dredged.
Consequently, this concept prompts Melville to emphasize the importance of contrasts in every aspect of life.
Judith Leach, principal of the girls' school, said the exams, which began at 8.30 am and ended promptly at 1 pm, ran without a hitch.
My eternal thanks and gratitude to the medics for the prompt response, excellent care and caring shown to her at the time.
She said the victim would have died if it were not for the prompt action of paramedics. The Sun
Many pupils were still asking closed questions that did not encourage or prompt elaborated answers.

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