Sentence examples for a mere trigger from inspiring English sources

Rather than serving as a mere trigger for increased thromboembolic events, cancer-induced hemostatic activity has been shown to promote tumor growth and cancer cell dissemination [ 8].

Despite the emotive visibility afforded by these deaths in the media, the positive reputation of exercise remains unscathed by the fact that exercise is regarded as a mere trigger for arrhythmia in a small proportion of predisposed individuals but never directly incriminated in the pathogenesis of the fatal substrate.

The dream is "a MacGuffin" (a mere device to trigger the plot).

Entering Lake Michigan at Chicago, then a mere village, the canal triggered the city's explosive growth.

And five percent even believed that a mere talk about finances would trigger a breakup.

Nearly all of the outbreaks this year were triggered by a mere 17 travelers or foreign visitors who contracted the virus abroad.

Oren, an American-born, Princeton-educated Israeli historian and former Rabin administration official, refuses to pinpoint specific causes for the war; instead, he opaquely writes of "the butterfly, which, with a mere flap of its wings, triggers a thunderstorm".

The illness -- whose attacks can be triggered by a mere whiff of tobacco smoke or a passing feline -- is harrowing for any victim, but most lethal to children without access to the medications that help them breathe normally again.

Since anaphylactic shock can be triggered by a mere trace of an allergen (such as the dairy residue on a serving spoon or the wheat or egg proteins in a pot of water used to boil noodles), you may want to double-check food preparation methods before each meal.

The irony of this is that they are the ones who were triggered by a mere tweet, and, like most bullies, they're so insecure and small that it drove them to engage in a hatefest.

More interestingly, when news articles are presented as a mere "student essay" the contradictory facts do not trigger the same perceptions of bias and hostility in the media.