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'trigger' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'trigger' with 12 example sentences.


trigger noun

: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

: an act that sets in motion some course of events

trigger verb

: put in motion or move to act

: release or pull the trigger on


  • Aim the gun at the target and then pull the trigger.
  • What triggers your asthma attacks?
  • I didn't pull the trigger.
  • Their small protest triggered a mass demonstration.
  • Environmental pollution triggered climatic changes all over Earth.
  • Certain smells can easily trigger childhood memories.
  • It could trigger a depression.
  • The Great Depression triggered a great surge in crime.
  • Investigators couldn't find who pulled the trigger.
  • The earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami.
  • Sputnik 1, launched in 1957, triggered the Space Race.
  • Dan triggered a brawl between Matt and Linda.
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