How to Use trigger in a Sentence

trigger

1 of 2 noun

• And what is the trigger for it?
  — New Atlas, 29 May 2026
• Just wasn’t able to pull the trigger.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
• But Syd had been the one to pull the trigger.
  — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
• The cold front will still act as a trigger for rain and storms to fire off.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• As soon as the piebald buck stood, Alex squeezed the trigger.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
• Same breakfast plus a side of trigger shot.
  — R29 Team, Refinery29, 25 Aug. 2025
• What are the best gaming triggers to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
• There’s a lot of triggers that are coming.
  — Randi Kaye, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
• Let off the trigger and the blade stops quickly thanks to its brake.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
• The complaint states that none of those triggers are present.
  — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• When the hatch is opened, three red triggers are revealed.
  — James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• Clothes that don’t fit trigger shame about body image.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
• And eruptions don’t have just one trigger.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026
• Why not just pull the trigger on Joey Bosa?
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
• Which gaming triggers are best for phones?
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
• He's learned to avoid triggers — like horror movies.
  — Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
• Even emotions can be a trigger.
  — Dr. Andrew Garner, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
• And heat isn’t the only trigger.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
• And heat isn’t the only trigger.
  — Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
• Drones strike without a trigger pull.
  — Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
• These moments trigger growth from grief.
  — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 14 June 2026
• Johnson didn’t pull the trigger, court records show, but was with the man who did.
  — oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
• And suddenly her life is changed by two quick pulls of a trigger.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• Place traps with the trigger flush against a wall or solid surface.
  — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026
• Keep a food diary for a few days and log trigger foods with some detail.
  — Holly Carter, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
• Can overindulging in a single meal trigger a heart attack?
  — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 15 Jan. 2026
• Players use the right bumper and right trigger for light and heavy attacks.
  — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
• Also, keep in mind that lack of light is not the only trigger of a low mood.
  — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
• Its finger is on the trigger by default.
  — Shreyans Mehta, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• And that, of course, led to the trigger of doing the story and things like that.
  — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025

trigger

2 of 2 verb

• Smoke triggered the fire alarm.
• The timer was set to trigger the bomb in exactly one hour.
• The power outage was triggered by heavy rains.
• Certain foods trigger his headaches.
• His remarks triggered a public outcry.
• The key fob won’t open/close the hatch or trigger the alarm.
  — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
• Why are Democrats so triggered?
  — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
• That kind of stuff is still kind of triggering.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
• The request triggered a two-part process.
  — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
• The next step wasn’t clear, or the system couldn’t trigger it.
  — Alex Osmichenko, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• The nervous gulp that sight triggered.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 May 2026
• Getting triggered by the word alone is a whole problem on its own.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
• The fire is assumed to have been triggered by a lightning strike.
  — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• The fire is assumed to have been triggered by a lightning strike.
  — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• The fire is assumed to have been triggered by a lightning strike.
  — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• Police have said a short circuit may have triggered the fire.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
• Somehow, the event triggered his brain to start tripping up his speech all over again.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• And the text could be triggering for victims.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
• The staffing shortages triggered long lines and flight delays.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• And many of the things that trigger them are often part of a good holiday.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
• The first step triggered a surge of adrenaline that transformed my mind and body.
  — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
• The details of the lawsuit that triggered the ruling are grim.
  — Melissa Jeltsen, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2024
• The syndrome is most frequently triggered by lone star tick bites.
  — Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
• Spicy foods trigger the trigeminal nerve, which supplies nerves in the nose.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
• And both trigger more emotion than most of us realize.
  — Melanie Draheim, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• The standoff triggered one of the largest oil shocks ever recorded.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026
• The standoff triggered one of the largest oil shocks ever recorded.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 May 2026
• But the changes have fallen short of triggering mass layoffs.
  — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
• Has anything triggered the power surge?
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
• The lack of food triggers wide-ranging ripple effects.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025