7 sentences with 'trigger'
Example sentences and phrases with the word trigger and other words derived from it.
• « According to Freud, within the unconscious are stored repressed memories that trigger responses, verbal slips and dreams, symptoms of their existence. »
• « Doctors had warned the Bowens many times that tobacco smoke was the trigger for Samantha's asthma attacks. They reluctantly agreed to stop smoking at home, but as soon as the attacks passed, they went back to smoking. »
• « Cigarette smoke has been shown not only to aggravate pre-existing asthma, but also to trigger asthma attacks in children who did not have asthma. »
• « Northern wage labourers were largely hostile to the abolition of slavery, fearing that it would trigger increased competition for jobs from free blacks. »
• « Insults in the form of words or behaviour, such as calling someone a coward, could trigger a rift that could well end in the arena of a duel. »