Sentence examples for touches off from inspiring English sources
Her puff is funny, but it also touches off two important lines of narrative.
The sight of a stalled construction project or half-empty development touches off, even in the most disinterested passerby, a kind of queasy delectation.
At the close of the argument, Joe says he is going to the Aqueduct, which touches off an argument in which they abandon Dr. Bach's rules.
People with both advanced TB and AIDS present doctors with a dilemma: reviving a depressed immune system with anti-AIDS drugs sometimes touches off such a strong inflammatory response against the tuberculosis in the lungs that the patient is killed.
Depending on severity, it can lead to life-threatening, seemingly unprovoked bleeding episodes — or it can go undetected for years, until a serious injury or a routine medical procedure suddenly touches off uncontrolled bleeding.
The nose, too, is a reservoir of the microbe, which touches off inflammation-stoking mechanisms that make rashes worse, according to Dr. Amy S. Paller, a pediatric dermatologist at Northwestern University.
That touched off a chorus of howls.
The articles touched off demonstrations in Nigeria.
The book touched off an uproar.
His expulsion touched off riots and demonstrations.
The lanes have sometimes touched off controversy.
