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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
Wayans portrays White as the worst possible mentor: a brash, arrogant superstar with a hair-trigger temper and too many screws loose.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
It’s got that freak existential hair-trigger suspense — in this case, literally.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The real uncertainties in the bond market are lodged in the larger complexities and flammable preconditions resulting from highly leveraged speculative positions set to unwind on a hair-trigger.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
It’s got that freak existential hair-trigger suspense — in this case, literally.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
The real uncertainties in the bond market are lodged in the larger complexities and flammable preconditions resulting from highly leveraged speculative positions set to unwind on a hair-trigger.
—George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
But does the Sandman still have the fire in him to play a hockey player turned golfer powered by his hair-trigger temper?
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Tina Fey in 30 Rock Ali Goldstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank
Yet the hair-trigger sensitivities of audiences predisposed to judge Fey harshly have also fueled ridiculous backlashes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
—Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
And though a restless, hair-trigger sort of mood has enveloped Madrid for much of the season, their campaign retains considerable promise.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 10 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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Ever since Stevens-Johnson syndrome, my body is hypersensitive.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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Law enforcement faces the challenge of sorting fact from fiction in real time as swatters employ tools like AI to bolster their hoax in a hypersensitive climate surrounding mass shootings.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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This decision highlights the precise reasons securities plaintiffs will continue to rely on these reports to allege corrective disclosures and loss causation.—
Tim Reynolds,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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The system provides precise recommendations grounded in demand and market data.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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