The phrase "a kind of triggering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that causes a reaction or response, often in a psychological or emotional context.
Example: "The movie contained a scene that was a kind of triggering for those who had experienced similar trauma."
Alternatives: "a form of triggering" or "a type of triggering".
The word is a kind of triggering device, he said, having nothing to do with a formal finding of guilt or innocence.
This phrase acts as a kind of triggering code, as Maeve begins to have flashbacks to the horrors her body has experienced the center of town littered with the dead, her family butchered by face-painted warriors, the menacing Man in Black (Ed Harris) coming toward her with a knife.
There also seems to be a revival of a kind of trigger-happy development whereby old and traditional buildings and settlements are being replaced by high-end schemes catering to the wealthy.
(The wonderful soundtrack -- with a score by the avant-jazz saxophonist David Murray and contributions from numerous African performers -- has a come-hither fire, too.) Music becomes a form of expression for the cast members, especially the women; Karmen sings and chants her desires, and the world-beat pulse is a kind of trigger to her unconscious, which is not too deep below the surface.
On this view, the color- and taste- and odor-less microscopic bodies might serve as a kind of trigger, but the production of the relevant sensations is due in large part to dispositions and capacities that are found on the side of the perceiver.
"There are all kinds of triggering mechanisms".
Though he and I both find it therapeutic to study our native culture from the safe distance of books, documentaries, and social media, it's harsh memories like these that can make an immersive activity like visiting a hell houses kind of triggering.
Kennedy, who was married for the first time in 2011, said he worries his 8-month-old son might be predisposed to drug abuse - due to a kind of genetic "trigger" - and that is part of his fight against legalization.
Something about Mr. Turrell's art, even when it consists just of sitting in a room, switches on a kind of internal light, triggering intangible pleasure.
The laboratory is already gearing up, he said, to produce "pits," devices that act as a kind of nuclear trigger.
The answer may have to do with a kind of revelatory trigger mechanism: asking people to "unpack" complex systems — getting them to articulate how something might work in real life — forces them to confront their lack of understanding.
