Sentence examples for was touched off by from inspiring English sources
The furor was touched off by a 1998 article in The Lancet, a British medical journal.
The movement was touched off by the theories of ideal government expounded by Prince Shōtoku.
The fire was touched off by the pyrotechnics display of the band Great White.
The Guardian reported that the dispute was touched off by an essay in The Telegraph written by Mr. Lewis.
But the Golden Hurricane showed great resolve, going on a tear that was touched off by Dante Swanson's 3-pointer.
It is widely believed here that the present violence was touched off by Mr. Sharon's visit on Thursday.
The violence had been touched off by reports that a Christian had desecrated the Qurʾan.
At Queensborough Community College, demonstrations were touched off by the University's failure to reappoint three professors.
The riots were touched off by the April 18 death of a Berber teenager in a Kabylia police station.
A frenzy of lobbying has been touched off by President Obama's order to slice spending this year by $85 billion, divided equally between military and civilian programs.
People who have experienced it may be susceptible to malignant hyperthermia, a similar, potentially fatal syndrome that can be touched off by certain anesthetic agents.
