Sentence examples for triggered awkward from inspiring English sources

The joke triggered awkward laughter but broke the tension briefly before Mr. Geragos, using a gentle manner, launched into cross-examination that again reviewed how an affair began between Mr. Peterson, a Modesto pesticide salesman, and Ms. Frey, a masseuse.

Yet who controlled Johnston International, which won building contracts across the Caribbean worth tens of millions of pounds, has triggered awkward questions for the Tories, and above all for their major donor, Lord Ashcroft.

However, his links to the scheme are likely to trigger awkward questions for Cameron and ensure that the issue of tax remains at the top of the political agenda.

But the cartoon, in which a demure schoolteacher, Jiya, transforms into the action heroine by donning a burqa, or traditional cloak, has also triggered an awkward debate about her costume.

One graph showing how greater prison efficiency in confiscating drugs leads to more outbursts of violence among prisoners triggers an awkward pause.

The introduction of proper names could trigger some pretty awkward post-game conversations.

The odd interval triggered a fusillade of analysis: was it creepy, cute, staged, spontaneous, rude, awkward or downright weird?

There is, moreover, the awkward fact that Scotland's greatest cultural flowering, in the 18th century, was triggered by the Union of the Parliaments.

What triggered her move or hastened one that was already planned was a television documentary that highlighted some awkward facts about her past which were already mostly in the public domain, and had certainly not been denied by her.

In cutscenes, Gilbert had used a timer rather than a specific event to trigger them, which occasionally resulted in awkward scene changes.

This can lead to awkward situations, and possibly trigger someone's dysphoria.