Sentence examples for set off a conversation from inspiring English sources

The man, he said, looked out somewhat disdainfully and said something to the woman, which, he thought, set off a conversation about the vigil.

The report set off a seismic reaction.

"My bangs set off a national conversation," she acknowledged.

The case set off a national conversation about bullying of gay youths when the victim, Tyler Clementi, 18, committed suicide days after the alleged spying in September 2010.

But he also said that the case involving The A.P. appeared to have set off a new conversation about the right balance between those efforts and the guarantees of free expression of the press.

"My bangs set off a national conversation," Mrs. Obama said during an interview here in which she reflected on the public's fascination with her activities and her sense of what being part of the first African-American family in the White House has meant so far, and hinted at a more international second-term agenda.

Tim Cook's open letter to customers about the FBI's request to create a backdoor with iOS has set off a critical conversation about privacy in America.

In a series of tweets, Jackmaster set off a timely conversation about representation and prejudice facing women in the music industry.

The shooting set off a national conversation about the Confederate flag one that's still playing out as lawmakers and activists tussle over the symbol's meaning.

The August shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson cop Darren Wilson set off a national conversation about police brutality, and subsequent incidents in South Carolina and Baltimore have kept the dialogue about race relations between cops and communities in the headlines ever since.

This is a made-up word meant to describe a condition in which you're so rich that you don't know right from wrong, and at the time it upset a lot of people, set off a national conversation about privilege, and made Couch infamous.