Sentence examples for been ignited by a from inspiring English sources

With the exception of the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., every major riot by the black community of an American city since the Second World War has been ignited by a single issue: police tactics.

But, she said, emergency workers speculated that gas might have leaked into the basement and been ignited by an oil heater.

With spark ignition, the fuel charge is ignited by a spark arcing between two direct-current electrodes and compression ignition engines employ the heat generated by the compression of the fuel-air mixture to ignite the fuel charge.

The fire that threatened Redding — a city of about 92,000 — was ignited by a vehicle problem a week ago about 10 miles west of the city.

After a certain delay time, the turbulent dust cloud is ignited by a 40 J chemical igniter.

Pellets were ignited by a CO2 laser beam and the ignition delays increased at lower laser powers and greater pellet densities.

Once this mixture is properly compressed, it is ignited by a spark plug.

A second fire was ignited by a stranded motorist seeking to attract the attention of a television news helicopter.

The latest blaze of publicity was ignited by a computer disc that a hapless White House intern dropped in the street.

We have concluded that the first fire was ignited by a primitive man who fell asleep while smoking in bed.

Meanwhile, she was ignited by a studio course with an abstract painter named Peter Golfinopoulos — "a street guy, so alive.