What is "prompted"

Usage examples of "prompted".

The repetition was endless and I was passive to it, prompted by the droning voice, no longer gentle, but equally insistent.

Ken was not the only man grateful for feminine reticence, and thankful to whatever instinct prompted them to make this night one to remember.

The trio stood looking down at Todd and something in Kate's face prompted Ken to join them.

Hrriss prompted, and that was when Todd really began to notice how tender his friend was toward the pretty female and how often she seemed to rely on him for reassurance.

Todd prompted, gesturing for Dalkey to fill a plate from the food on the freshly filled tray.

His quiet manner of speaking prompted the creation of his nickname, Frail, which he was not.

It prompted the occasional outbreak of rope tails attached to the trousers of Hayuman youngsters.

Buzz was the furthest along--as far as I could tell--but then, it had been his tale in Casey's that had prompted others to visit the girl.

An old tale popped into his head and, so prompted, he kissed her cool lips gently.

Surely some conscience would have prompted the Thek to assist Kai if it had observed him in difficulties.

He stared at her so intently that a faint stirring of alarm prompted her next action.

Surely, though, Kai reasoned, the commander of the Ryxi colony vessel ought to have tried to raise the Iretan group, if only prompted by courtesy.

More than curiosity prompted that for it was always wise to supplement food stocks from indigenous sources in case the EV ship didn't get back on time.

How could she have been so dense not to realize what prompted that bizarre conversation!

The fact that I found myself in this position was what prompted me to go into neurology in the first place.