His letter initially prompted an outpouring of support and favorable articles in the state-run press.

The cancellation initially prompted few complaints, but a deluge from listeners on Friday apparently persuaded the station to reverse its decision that afternoon.

He had been out of college only two months at the time, which initially prompted Villanova to drop him from serious consideration.

His love of this part of Louisiana would initially prompt him to create the classic poem, What is a Cajun.

This announcement had initially prompted an increase in the population of the game's servers.

One of these helicopters recently crashed into an oil platform, initially prompting the president of Azerbaijan's state oil company to turn down my request for a lift.

The report startled Wall Street and initially prompted sharp selling of stocks, though later in the session they recouped much of their losses.

The plight of the American hostages in Beirut, for instance, initially prompted him to approve the sale of arms to Iran.

She admitted that her role as head of the family business initially prompted some second-guessing.

While motor or crank-driven moving sculptures may have initially prompted it, the word "mobile" later came to refer more specifically to Calder's free-moving creations.