Sentence examples for spark panic from inspiring English sources

Despite the WHO's hopes, the announcement of a pandemic will almost certainly spark panic in some countries.

A drastic move might also spark panic in financial markets, while not cutting at all would deal a serious blow to the Bank's credibility after it signalled action.

Our lenders are trying to strike a delicate balance: they'd like the dollar's predicament to seem dire enough to make us change, but not so dire as to spark panic.

The best the rest of the world can hope for is that Cyprus's case is sufficiently unique that it won't spark panic in Athens and Madrid (or in Lisbon, Dublin and Rome).

That is in part because even a single case could be a harbinger of a larger outbreak and in part because even one case would undoubtedly spark panic and a clamor for vaccine.

If the bubble continues to expand and then bursts, it could spark panic in world financial markets, he notes.

The Telegraph suggested that parliament was reviving an Oliver Cromwell-era statute to prohibit April Fool jokes, for fear they would spark panic-buying.

But none of this sparked panic on the trading floor.

At worst, the policy might encourage others to follow, sparking panic sales of American assets.

None of the devices detonated, but sparked panic across the country.

The bombardment cut the power and water supply and sparked panic among the locals.