domino effectin a sentence
- Stack collapses weren't that uncommon, and if the scaffold supports buckled at the wrong angle, the domino effect could bring down four or five of the neighboring stacks too.† (source)
- They weren't yet visible, but the lieutenant had passed the word down through a whisper that was relayed like a domino effect: "Fire on my command."† (source)
- If just one of them moved, I thought, the domino effect could engulf the three of us in an asphyxiating mass of literature.† (source)
- Child abuse has a domino effect that spreads to all who touch the family.† (source)
- Lobel said something about the domino theory, how if Vietnam fell to the Communists then the rest of Asia might fall.† (source)
- As soon as one reporter saw him, there was a domino effect-flashbulbs burst like a string of fireworks; microphones were thrust in front of him.† (source)
- "A reverberation," the announcer was saying from the living room, "that would cause a domino effect among the population, causing people to slowly go insane from the constant, unknown droning."† (source)
- But it was John Kennedy who ordered a gradual escalation in the number of troops since taking office, hoping to ensure that Vietnam did not fall to communism and thus perhaps begin a domino effect that would see other Asian nations turn their backs on democracy.† (source)
- When one vowel changes, it has a kind of domino effect on the others.† (source)
- Brew said the same thing about the domino theory.† (source)