Example Sentences

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His partner, Linda, said the details were triggering, explaining she cared for her elderly mother with dementia.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Tightening financial conditions were triggering an outflow of portfolio investment from emerging markets, Yellen said, noting that it was essential for countries to maintain or bolster policy frameworks to manage the associated risks.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022

The sounds of the hospital were triggering Jason’s PTSD, and he deteriorated as I watched.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Penfield wanted to better predict which brain functions would be threatened when surgeons had to remove tumors or chunks of tissue that were triggering epileptic seizures.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 10, 2021

“Perhaps the emotions of these intense games were triggering cardiovascular events,” says Robert Kloner, director of cardiovascular research at Huntington Medical Research Institutes in southern California.

From The Verge • Jul. 14, 2018