trig
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The reason people queue is because of "the sheer volume of people" who are walking up the set pathways leading to the trig point, he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The kids rehearsed months, long into the night, then gave performances to sold-out crowds and scrambled to finish trig and AP history homework too.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Imagine if your old trig worksheets stepped in to help you out when you were stumped on a question.
From The Verge ● Mar. 16, 2022
When solving linear trig equations in terms of only sine or cosine, how do we know whether there will be solutions?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015
And I need to concentrate because trig is killing me.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
![]()
That trigged the state’s request to reduce the award under a state law that allows claimants against the state to get a maximum of $475,000 per incident.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Ongoing mass demonstrations across Germany were trigged by the meeting becoming public knowledge last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
But for aid workers and advocates I spoke to, the open embrace of fleeing Ukrainians has trigged complicated reactions—and the real-life fallout is beginning to unfold.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2022
After a 2011 earthquake and tsunami trigged a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant, she joined a hunger strike and called for an end to nuclear power.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021
Loraine made a little paper shade and shielded her pale face from the light, and Laura Ann tilted the clumsy patent rocker backward and trigged it with a book.
From Four Girls and a Compact by Annie Hamilton Donnell
In Washington DC, a bomb threat was made to the Democratic National Committee headquarters, trigging a police search of the building where a pipe bomb was discovered on 6 January 2021.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Some state officials are concerned that other uses also could be ruled out, trigging a provision requiring them to repay the federal government.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2021
With the capacity crowd still on its feet, Eager rifled a long-range shot past Leighton, trigging another explosion of cheers that almost blew off the roof.
From Reuters ● Jun. 1, 2010
The trigging stick had been lost in the scuffle, and Smith's first care was to slide the door.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word