How to Use chain reaction in a Sentence

chain reaction

noun

• Increased oil prices could trigger a chain reaction in the economy.
• Inspire your kids to create machines of their own with these great toys that explore chain reactions.
  — Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2019
• Missing this download would have kicked off a chain reaction of delays, researchers said in a statement.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
• The chain reaction ends with a small cage falling on top of a human figure—the detective capturing his prey.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2019
• Here’s the chain reaction: stress causes frustration, frustration leads to anger.
  — chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• The rocket created another rift, which sparked a chain reaction of rockets zooming about the sky.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2019
• The diagnosis set off a chain reaction for the Troy family.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2019
• Police said that set off a chain reaction and Espinoza then ran the Nissan off the road before striking a guardrail.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• The chain reaction to the 1999 report spent its energy quickly.
  — Kathleen Sutcliffe, Time, 5 Nov. 2019
• When he’s done, another muscled man leans over the fence for a selfie, and then another and another, a chain reaction of adulation lining his way.
  — Tessa Love, Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2020
• When Grady finds Ashley’s body the next day, the subsequent quest for answers sets off a chain reaction of recrimination and revelations.
  — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
• The events of No Way Home will then set off a chain reaction.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 July 2021
• The song started a chain reaction of dance both on stage and in the audience.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022
• The struggle to raise cash has threatened to set off a chain reaction.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
• He got caught in a chain reaction crash in Turn 12 barely a quarter of the way through the race and finished 35th.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2021
• This sets off the chain reaction that ends with the Taylor-Prince-Chuck alliance.
  — Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
• The chain reaction pushed prices higher at every link along the way.
  — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• Even a change of a few degrees would have been enough to trigger a chain reaction that caused the food chain to collapse.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 30 Mar. 2021
• The world’s struggles are ‘piling up like cars in a chain reaction crash,’ U.N. chief says.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• In the blink of an eye, the float was pulled under water, triggering a chain reaction on the club's grounds.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2021
• The bank’s failure set off a chain reaction that has coursed through the global banking system in the weeks since.
  — Jeanna Smialek, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• Challenge someone this year with a gift that gives a chain reaction for good.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
• In the Little Boy, a bullet-like projectile made of uranium-235 was fired at a core of the same substance to set off the chain reaction.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
• Russell was struck by the first vehicle in the chain reaction.
  — Camila Pedrosa, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2022
• In the end, Favors’ man has to help, leaving for a chain reaction of passes that ends up as a Clarkson three.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 May 2021
• Those warmer waters can set off a chain reaction of climate effects around the world.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 13 Apr. 2023
• The flooding creates a chain reaction in the engine and the batteries that made the parts more likely to catch on fire, the agency said.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2022
• Three vehicles were unable to stop and were struck in a chain reaction.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2022
• But it’s gone too far with its easy kills and chain reaction explosions.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Patrick Smith / Getty Images During the homestretch, a chain reaction sent four other runners toppling.
  — Susan Baek, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024