trip wire

Example Sentences

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Denys admires the ants crawling on the ground before spotting a trip wire.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023

So Mr. Holden jury-rigged a food-laden steel trap with a trip wire dangling from his second-story apartment.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Partridge had decided to continue fighting even after he was wounded by shrapnel from a trip wire this summer.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

The troops serve as a "trip wire" for NATO's 40,000-strong response force to come in quickly and bring more U.S. troops and weapons from across the Atlantic.

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2022

Marie-Laure bends beside the hall table and finds the thread and resets the trip wire.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr