Sentence examples for set something off from inspiring English sources

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The Florida animal's struggle with captivity set something off in Ms. Grimaud.

Let's Get Restrictive How do you know whether or not to set something off in commas in a sentence?

It set something off in my brain and I thought, "This is the music of the future".

This week's episode is all about another facet of comma usage: How do you know whether to set something off in commas?

The mechanised tenor and his piano, a tiny mechanical box, set something off now, and we have an Old Steamboat, an oil-transfer drawing of impressively clanking appearance.

By Mary Norris April 8, 2015 This week's episode is all about another facet of comma usage: How do you know whether to set something off in commas?

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But when a doctor looks you in the eyes and takes that option off the table, it immediately sets something off in you -- this motherhood gene," she said.

Set something out.

I really wanted to avoid the typical arm-length self portrait (way too cheesy for my taste), so I set out to do something off-the-wall and artistic every day.

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

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

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