Begins a journey

Usage examples of sets off.

Kadara has changed into a gray tunic and trousers, with a bright green scarf that sets off her hair and eyes.

Christian disappears into the wood, and Steven sets off after him with the lovely mythago Guiwenneth and ex-flier Harry Keeton in tow.

All I myself can really do at the moment is to try to deactivate the radio trigger that sets off the charges without leaving any signs that it has been tampered with.

The pumps take a few minutes to pressurize Golgotha with a highly combustible mixture of air and fuel oil, and then Doug hits another switch that sets off a small detonation down below.

The next day, while being brought in, she sets off a little booby trap from the night before to sneak her lightsaber in.

Against all reason, he sets off after the reeling machine, limping, gauging distance and speed.

What kind of person sets off on a Saturday morning to take pictures of dead children?

Faintly it hits me that she too is lost in a world of shit, completely drowning in it, and this somehow sets off my remembering that the piano tuner will be stopping by this afternoon and that I should leave a note with the doorman to let him in.

A biker could jounce over this mess reasonably well, but Wendell sees that his legs will manage the journey better than his Toyota, so he sets off down the old track through the trees.

Instead, a stimulus at some given part of the body sets off a nerve impulse that is not distributed to all other neurons but is carried directly to the nerve cord.

He inhales with pleasure, then sets off in the direction of the mall.