Sentence examples for set off a commotion from inspiring English sources

After the festival announced West wouldn't appear, the rapper set off a commotion by suggesting he'd play a 2 a.m. show at a Manhattan nightclub; the gig never happened.

And late in his career, Mr. Samuelson set off an intellectual commotion by pointing out that the economy of a country like the United States could be hurt if productivity rose among the economies with which it traded.

"It set off a wave".

His proposal set off a fierce debate.

This set off a wave of emigration.

One even set off a grenade.

And both can set off a crash.

Does a carpenter set off a bomb?

The decision set off a multicity scramble.

That would set off a warning light.

That set off a public guessing game.