Sentence examples for emotion set off from inspiring English sources

At around 2 a.m., I'd try to sleep, to quiet the Proustian rush of memory and emotion set off by every object I touched.

Instead, for several blocks she wrestled with the unexpected emotions set off by the idea of married men going ringless.

Pity is a satisfying emotion, easy to set off and without the imaginative moral challenge posed by real empathy.

But the difficulty in dealing with the problem and the emotions that are set off are illustrated by what is happening in Los Angeles.

The trial verdict set off emotions in the African-American community that had endured police brutality and abuse for years, as the bubbling anger boiled over into what is now known as the 1992 L.A. Riots.

Moreover, the pictures set off memories and emotions in a way a written journal could not.

Laughter or strong emotions like elation and anger can set off sudden muscle weakness.

In many ways I'm still the same insecure kid I was in high school; my emotions are flammable and can be set off by a random spark.

That set off an outpouring of emotion, she recalled.

I've had a chance to think a lot about why Wonder has set off this wave of emotion in readers since its publication three years ago.

An incident happened where I was set off into a "negative" emotion; we'll call it a "charge".