Sentence examples for triggered panicked from inspiring English sources

News of the typhoon's approach triggered panicked buying in the city, home to 200,000, as residents formed queues to stock up on food and petrol.

However, if default triggered panicked sales of stocks and other assets normally seen as riskier, the result might in fact be a rush into Treasuries.

It would have triggered panic in the community".

Christmas Island shire president Gordon Thomson said the escape had triggered panic among local residents.

The spiral triggered panic, with the FTSE 100 falling to a low of 5,768 points.

The announcement triggered panic as citizens dumped currency and hoarded goods.

The infection triggered panic as the child had travelled more than 750 miles by bus and taxi with her grandmother, sister and uncle, making frequent stops.

The arrests triggered panic-buying in the local shops, barricades were erected across the roads and Irish tricolours hung from the lamp-posts.

The fall of Kunduz, one of the most important cities in the region, triggered panic in Kabul as well as across the north.

The most worrying country is Indonesia, where fears of food shortages and hyperinflation have triggered panic buying and some bloody riots in provincial towns.

TROUBLE in Argentina and signs of economic weakness in China triggered panic selling of emerging-market currencies and bonds on January 24th.