Sentence examples for setting off a string from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

News of one bank run may set off a string of similar bank runs elsewhere, even at banks which have not lent money to borrowers affected by deflation.

In May 1931 payment difficulties at the Creditanstalt, Austria's largest bank, set off a string of financial crises that enveloped much of Europe and were a key factor forcing Britain to abandon the gold standard.