be precipitated

Thought to be precipitated or exacerbated by stress and anxiety, bruxism is largely subconscious and often occurs during sleep.

Others were thought to be precipitated by episodes of blood loss.

Or it may be precipitated by a drop in blood sugar or eating a big meal, especially one accompanied by alcohol.

He added that such a shift should be precipitated by Congressional debate and approval.

Witness reporters know from covering the trials of homicide victims that there is also terror in living in a neighborhood where killings are all too frequent, where a fatal gunshot could be precipitated by no more than a perceived slight.