Sentence examples for setting off a search from inspiring English sources

Etan, 6, disappeared on the way to catch a school bus, setting off a search lasting decades.

The Amgen scientists were studying the effects of different genes in mice and found some animals with particularly dense bones, setting off a search for the mechanism involved.

In the sixteen days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 left Kuala Lumpur and failed to land in Beijing, setting off a search that has involved… The news from India these days is rarely cheery.

Micah True, a mythic figure among extreme-distance runners, went for a 12-mile run Tuesday morning and has yet to return, setting off a search in the Gila Wilderness of southwestern New Mexico.

WASHINGTON — Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security, announced Friday that she was stepping down, setting off a search to fill one of the most challenging positions in government at a time when the Obama administration is struggling to get a team in place for the president's second term.

For the first time in 20 years, Merrill passed on renewing as the official brokerage firm, setting off a search for another company willing to pay about $20 million to be a sponsor through the next Summer Games, in 2004 in Athens.

That set off a search of the area, turning up 23 more dead birds, which are being tested.

That set off a search for sites in midtown and on the far West Side, which proved futile.

A corpse in a cabin would attract police and set off a search for DNA and fabric hairs and so forth, as on television.

High prices set off a search around the world for more supply, and it turned out that wild matsutakes were growing in many places, from Canada to China.

Now his flight has set off a search for accomplices among the French police - a force which rounded up Jews during the war.