This page shows Trigger in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like spark or activate. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Trigger in a sentence
Related words
Trigger meaning
- A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
Example sentences (20)
Dedicated and protected bike lanes address many of those safety concerns, but trigger fury from residents and drivers.
Economic releases, like employment data or interest rate decisions, can trigger rapid shifts in currency demand.
A 13-year-old boy, Babalola, was said to have picked up the gun, pointed it at the girl and pulled the trigger.
A sharp drop in the US Treasury yields after the inflation data release on Wednesday was the major trigger for the fall.
An alternative view is that further sharp rises in interest rates could trigger even steeper falls in house prices in Autumn.
Court affirmed a circuit court’s ruling that it’s OK to use trademarks as keywords to trigger the display of paid search ads.
Claims that the Manhattan DA’s potential prosecution will trigger a pro-Trump backlash are part of a long and dubious history.
Being added to the list can potentially start a 60-day clock that could trigger much tougher penalties.
A major outflow of some 120,000 civilians from the region could trigger a refugee crisis in Armenia.
America’s efforts to deter a Chinese invasion could also trigger a preemptive response if Beijing sees a window closing, he added.
Costly though this was, it did not trigger the bank’s failure, which was due to a misalignment of its investment and outlay flows.
Ever since, strong smells like perfume and car exhaust can trigger the allergylike symptoms again.
Celebration abilities trigger under certain circumstances, and only on turns when two or more permanents have entered the battlefield.
Coffee clubs have been gaining steam for a while now, and if you've considered trying one out, now is a great time to pull the trigger.
Everything must be over the middle and too often defined with a clear window, and even then there’s no guarantee he’ll pull the trigger.
Even so, Lily will feel like having Heather around could trigger some of Daniel’s former patterns and lead him down the wrong path again.
Bayern pulled the trigger in the middle of the season in the hope of replicating their stunning success of 2019-20, when they did the same.
A ragtag band of anti-government rebels was planning to kidnap the Democrat and trigger a civil war before the election, investigators said.
But when mutations happen, the virus can attack the lungs as well as the heart, liver and kidney and trigger a dysregulated immune response.
Family is the main trigger, with 39 per cent of those aged between 20 and 40 saying talking with a family member led them to start to invest.
Common combinations with trigger
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the trigger 54×
- to trigger 24×
- can trigger 16×
- trigger the 15×
- could trigger 14×
- trigger for 9×
- would trigger 8×
- trigger guard 6×
- trigger on 6×
- trigger of 6×
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