Sentence examples for call set off from inspiring English sources

The phone call set off a chain of events.

The call set off an inquiry by the Suffolk County police.

The call set off an exchange of emails between Ms. Meale and top lawyers in the office.

That phone call set off the memories, the accuser said, which led to breakdowns, hospitalizations and a discharge from the Air Force.

That emergency police call set off a chain of events that led to a standoff ending when officers fatally shot Mr. Bah — just days before his 29th birthday — as he plunged a 13-inch knife into two officers, slicing their protective vests and prompting one officer to yell, "He's stabbing me; shoot him," Mr. Browne said.

The phone at Dovid's Shoe Repair is rigged so that a call sets off a ringer attached to the wall.

Once the watch and phone are paired, an incoming call sets off a vibrating alert and shows the caller's name and number on a tiny but bright organic light-emitting-diode screen on the watch face.

Thanks to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, we now know how the Fox call setting off this avalanche was engineered in part by John Ellis, a Bush first cousin in charge of the we-report-you-decide network's prediction desk.

The calls set off a flurry of questions at Verizon — How could this possibly have happened?

The calls set off a large police response that included searches by divers.

The firestorm and name-calling set off by their research report are further proof that they are on target.