Sentence examples for Almost sparked from inspiring English sources

Ulrich Schnauss A Strangely Isolated Place (2003) Berlin-based Schnauss almost sparked a shoegazing revival with his second album.

Last year alone, he apologised for using the racial slur "n*****" in an un-aired Top Gear segment, and almost sparked a riot in Argentina after he drove a Porsche with the number plate H982 FKL, which was regarded as a deliberate reference to the Falklands War of 1982.

Last year he was forced to apologise for using the racial slur "n*****" in an un-aired Top Gear segment and almost sparked a riot in Argentina after he drove a Porsche with the number plate H982 FKL, which was regarded as a deliberate reference to the Falklands War of 1982.

The key moments in a series that almost sparked a diplomatic incident are present and correct ish), with Jardine resorting to short-pitched pace bowling and leg theory fields to prevent Bradman from repeating his free-scoring feats of the 1930 series in England.

With the least ambiguous title ever, American-German husband-and-wife team Anna and Joerg Winger created an irresistible export: a funky exercise in pop nostalgia underpinned by actual events – crucially, the Nato war game codenamed Able Archer, deliberately misconstrued by a paranoid east as a cover for an actual preemptive strike that almost sparked World War III.

Despite these protests, it seems inevitable that, within a fortnight, the man who robbed the country of one of its outstanding leaders and almost sparked a civil war, will step onto the streets of the democratic South Africa for the first time.

It was a freelance operation, carrying a hefty reward and perhaps with Colombian agents present.These revelations have brought relations between the two countries to their lowest point since 1987 (when a Colombian warship entered disputed waters, almost sparking a war).

Instead we watch as the lowly born but very able Thomas Cromwell Ben Miless) engineers scandal and intrigue and a break with Rome that almost sparks a massive war, not to mention numerous beheadings, all to keep his king happy.

Then, once lights and heating came back on, Lisa Beck recalled, an electrical surge almost immediately sparked a fire at her neighbor's house.

When we do talk on the phone, it's usually him ranting, almost always sparked by some major life event.

Looking back at The Iron Giant, you realize how messed up that a little kid almost inadvertently sparked World War III, but that in the biz is what they call tension [this reads clunky].