The phrase "trigger a desire" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the act of stirring up a feeling of interest or impulse in someone. For example: The new car model was designed to trigger a desire in consumers to buy it.
"Lovely Day" didn't trigger a desire for khakis, but it did prompt a trip to my local CD retailer, where a clerk located the phrase "lovely day" in the store's proprietary database, and off I went with its lone copy of "Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers".
"It will trigger a desire to see how can we avoid this from happening again..
Many times, you can approach the research with a broader theme in mind and something in what you read will jump out at you and trigger a desire to dig up more information related to that particular item.
Searching for chemical substances (often called small molecules) that trigger a desired effect in cells is frequently done in the laboratories of pharma and biotech companies.
Since the release of the first version of GEOMAGIA50, a continued interest in improving global spherical harmonic models of the Holocene geomagnetic field, initiated by the work of Constable et al. (2000) and Korte and Constable (2003), triggered a desire to include more comprehensive directional data from archeological and volcanic materials in an updated version of the database (GEOMAGIA50.v2).
On one end of this new genetic strand he chemically attached a promoter switch, an on-off DNA sequence that triggers a desired reaction in a cell (in this case, the production of the vaccine).
His retirement last month is likely to trigger a sentimental desire among his many celebrity fans to pay tribute to one of the great masters of eveningwear.
Unexpected occurrences can also trigger a strong desire for support and information.
This new report was triggered by a desire to find out why the obstacles to human development in the Arab world have "proved so stubborn".
It can be triggered by a desire for control over an aspect of life or it can be a reaction to the family – some children feel that saying "no" to food is the only way they can express their feelings.
Clifford Stott, a Britain-based consultant for governments on the management of crowd violence, says that in most cases, violent acts are triggered by a desire of those without power to strike at people they perceive as privileged.
