Sentence examples for set off a string from inspiring English sources

The death of the commander had already set off a string of desertions. .

Its announcement last October set off a string of demonstrations.

Someone set off a string of firecrackers, which sounded like gunfire.

But doing so would set off a string of compensation claims, which the courts are not yet equipped to assess.

Outside the farmer's mountainside home in Yuanba village, they ate preserved eggs, buckwheat noodles and boiled peanuts in silence; one set off a string of fireworks.

Someone set off a string of firecrackers and I literally drove up on the sidewalk and ducked down thinking that they were shooting at me.

An Edinburgh road-rage incident sets off a string of murders in this deft thriller.

In Yemen, prices for bread and other foods have nearly doubled in the past four months, setting off a string of demonstrations and riots in which at least a dozen people were killed.

And instead of the usual explosive moment of truth that energizes her stories, Dark's novel sets off a string of damp firecrackers, one for each of the several subplots.

Suicide bombers and militant gunmen made a concerted attack on a US diplomatic mission in the Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least three guards and setting off a string of explosions in an incident that underscored the continued strength of Taliban forces in the region.

Each pairing set off a chain reaction, the strings of connection growing ever more tangled and frayed.