catalyze

Example Sentences

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It catalyzed a shift in my life’s work, and a decision to dedicate the rest of my career to improving it.

From MarketWatch

The horror, captured in photos of bodies tossed in the air, catalyzed far-left organizing throughout the nation — with armed backup becoming a presence at some public events.

From Washington Post

He noted that Floyd’s death had catalyzed protests that had helped the national conversation to advance, like the sacrifice bunt in baseball.

From New York Times

Sometimes that happens: Rosa Parks said that images of the mangled body of 14-year-old Emmett Till catalyzed her to refuse to give up her seat on a bus weeks later.

From Los Angeles Times

The catalyzing incident had occurred the previous week, when university president Wilson Elkins was summoned to Annapolis and grilled by state politicians over the latest issue of the literary magazine at the Baltimore County campus.

From Washington Post