Sentence examples for set off by the from inspiring English sources

Ceiling sprinklers were set off by the gunfire.

The nuclear crisis set off by the tsunami has added to the human and economic toll.

Congress balks at across-the-board cuts set off by the supercommittee's failure.

The investigation was set off by the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert in May.

TAP said the violence was set off by the arrest on Friday of a Salafi.

The amped-up patriotism set off by the attacks has largely subsided.

In 1981, "Bring Back Birdie" failed to rekindle the excitement set off by the earlier show.

The current recession has been set off by the simultaneous bursting of property and credit bubbles.

Together, the investigations reinforced accounting fears of the sort set off by the Enron collapse.

MacMillan revisits the tempest set off by the release of the National History Standards in 1994.

Principally black above, set off by the yellow central underparts, the lesser wing-coverts and uppertail-coverts are deep blue.