How to Use catalyst in a Sentence

catalyst

noun

• The bombing attack was the catalyst for war.
• She was proud to be a catalyst for reform in the government.
• What was the catalyst for this type of book?
  — Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
• That’s a huge catalyst for change.
  — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Death is not the absence of love, but a catalyst for joy.
  — Taylor Crumpton, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
• The raid on Smith's shop was one of the catalysts for change.
  — Andy Marso, kansascity, 6 June 2018
• Lane has been the main catalyst for the spiciness in the two games.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2022
• That story about the bet is true — but that was just a catalyst.
  — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
• Could my late arrival be the catalyst for some kind of meet-cute?
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• What was the catalyst for wanting to do this book in the first place?
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
• Books can be a catalyst for change, and well, so can bookstores.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2021
• Fleabag has a dead mom and a dead female best friend as two of its key catalysts.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2019
• Two key catalysts have aligned to drive the recent surge in the stock price.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Kapler called Belt a catalyst and a key to the team’s record the past week.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2022
• And Becky, of course, is our catalyst.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026
• The sodium in them also seems to act as a catalyst in the way that iron does.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• Target has been in dire need of a catalyst to get the stock to stop dropping.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
• These are all typical catalysts for clients to reach out to a health coach.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2020
• Let the work that still needs doing be a catalyst for hope, not despair.
  — Edith Eger, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• The idea is to be a catalyst to help solve problems, not be the problem solver.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Sep. 2017
• That story was kind of the catalyst for Leonard.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
• And that was the real catalyst for, as a team, discussing all those things.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2022
• Was meeting your wife, Julie, the catalyst that brought you out of it?
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• That should serve as a positive catalyst for the stock.
  — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
• But her podcast was the catalyst.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• So, there's still some work to do with structuring the catalyst.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
• With these catalysts lining up, could Solana be on the brink of its next big move?
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• The team’s ball movement was the catalyst to finding open shots.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
• That presents yet another long-term catalyst for the stock.
  — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 June 2026
• This proves to be the catalyst for mass rioting.
  — Helaine Williams, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026