Sentence examples for trigger a riot from inspiring English sources

"Things appear peaceful, but I fear that any single incident could trigger a riot," he said.

Yet the album bristled with sonic color and motion; it was as though I was listening to the musical equivalent of a painting by de Kooning, who could trigger a riot of associations with a few deft strokes, a hatching of pink, and some blank space.

His last appearance on television, after Ben Ali's fall, triggered a riot.

It can also reside in a "narrative fragment," like the Rodney King beating, which triggered a riot all on its own.

A house-to-house search off the Falls Road goes horribly wrong; the resulting confrontation triggers a riot situation in which Gary is left behind by his retreating unit.

'71, directed by feature newcomer Yann Demange (also a best British film nominee) is a taut thriller set at the height of the Northern Ireland conflict and features Jack O'Connell as a young soldier separated from his company when a house-to-house search triggers a riot.

What is shameful though is that Wilson's mother, 62-year-old Minna Wilson, couldn't bear to witness her son taking a beating any longer so climbed into the ring and began beating McCarthy around the head with her shoe, triggering a riot.

But that suggestion nearly triggered a riot among the more than 200 journalists, who insisted that he offer up his views on the situation in Kashmir and other current events.

The arrest triggered a riot in Charleston, Illinois, commonly referred to as the Charleston Riot.

Broader tensions in American society surfaced in Yosemite when a large number of youths gathered in the park over the summer of 1970, triggering a riot on July 4 after rangers tried to evict visitors from camping illegally in Stoneman Meadow.

A poster depicting three white sheep kicking a black sheep off the Swiss flag has triggered protests, culminating in a riot in Bern on October 6th when hundreds of left-wing extremists clashed with police during an SVP election rally.