Sentence examples for set off a conflagration from inspiring English sources

The assassin's bullet set off a conflagration.

The mere name "American Psycho" set off a conflagration.

A unilateral declaration of statehood in September could set off a conflagration.

The situation is too much like August 1914: the forces are mobilized, the respective leaders are resigned to war, and any spark like a terrorist attack can set off a conflagration.

In the aftermath of this summit, a visit to Jerusalem's Al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (the Temple Mount) in September by Likud leader Ariel Sharon reviled by Palestinians for his role in the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres was the spark that set off a conflagration.

A rocket launch and an overreaction to it could indeed be the spark to set off a conflagration.

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, a Democrat and the majority leader, invoked the event in arguing against Republican cuts in arts financing in the budget debate, setting off a conflagration of conservative scorn.

The unexpected arrival of a long-estranged sister sets off a conflagration that escalates vertiginously from surly sniping to bitter recriminations, and ends in shouted avowals of hate and desperate gulps from a bottle of Scotch.

For obvious reasons, these folks tend not to have the particular sense of grievance — that a select few are receiving preferential treatment, that they're on the losing end of a rigged game — that usually sets off a conflagration.

BY September, the French and Italian governments plan to reopen the tunnel that pierces soaring Mont Blanc and connects France and Italy, two and a half years after a refrigerator truck burst into flames inside, setting off a conflagration that left 39 people dead.

The impending announcement has alarmed former officials and analysts, who say Trump unnecessarily risks setting off a conflagration across the Middle East, and is jeopardizing U.S. national security for the sole reason of shoring up support among the religious right at home.