Sentence examples for set off something from inspiring English sources

But then, three days later, the Soviets set off something big.

"It set off something really cool for Latinos: unity," he said.

In Washington and in Nevada, the exchange set off something of a political furor for Mr. Reid.

The Taubira affair has set off something of a national debate on the origins and responsibility for this ugly recrudescence of racism.

There's still a gee-whiz aspect to the technology, but once that fades away, it's likely to set off something else: lawsuits.

The firm set off something of a revolution in the field by using mass-marketing techniques and charging flat fees for services.

Either way, the contention is unlikely to dissipate entirely — unless North Korea decides to answer its critics by setting off something much bigger.

Two Irish immigrants who controlled the economy in the region didn't like the competition, especially from an Englishman, and when they had Tunstall killed, Billy and his pals retaliated, setting off something like a Mafia war.

During deliberations, the jurors asked that those 10 reasons be read back to them, setting off something like alarm bells in the prosecutors, who thought perhaps they were buying his argument.

Schuringa was one of the passengers on Northwest Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day who acted quickly and decisively when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly began setting off something incendiary.

A lone dissident may strike a chord among the people that sets off something that they cannot suppress by their usual repression.