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How to use trigger-happy in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word trigger-happy? Here are some examples.

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Ethics cannot be left to the discretion of anyone who is frivolous or trigger-happy.
It's a worrying statistic and maybe a trigger-happy situation but, by the same token, you need to be seen to be going forward.
Too many of us live outside Lesotho, which is normal, after so many years of a trigger-happy government.
Regan gasped, surprised, not expecting such a fierce attack from his cousin, though she was known to be violent and trigger-happy.
It exceeded the 4 x 6 inches allowed by the jail, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was not rejected by the trigger-happy mailroom.
Even Winston Churchill, then the minister responsible, was shocked by the action of some trigger-happy pilots and vengeful ground troops.
Many have online accounts, which tend to appeal to trigger-happy investors.
Andrea Seppi, a creative photographer from Germany, combines a trigger-happy attitude with propensity for perfection.
Kareh for his part is more concerned about the threat posed to humans by inexperienced and trigger-happy hunters.
At first it was the gangs they feared, then it was trigger-happy cops.
The greater emphasis on stealth may not find favor with trigger-happy players, and the inability to fire whilst prone and in the vicinity of an object is rather irritating.
When zipping through the military themed course you have to contend with a trigger-happy foot soldier holding a machine gun.
Europeans are so much more civilised than the trigger-happy cowboys across the pond.
Many a starving farmer who was seen foraging for food near or inside the fields, fell victim to trigger-happy youthful vigilantes and guards.
What the gun owner claims as self-defense often looks, on closer examination, more like trigger-happy recklessness.
The more details emerge, the more it looks as if Martin was hunted and killed by a trigger-happy bully.
By conflating the four episodes into two film-length pieces, the BBC runs the risk of tempting trigger-happy viewers to channel-hop, which would be a genuine shame.
Johnson saw the risk posed by trigger-happy reporters and presidents mistaking passion for facts while dispatching others to march in enemy crosshairs.
Arguably, however, the cops should be more trigger-happy than they are.
Israel's trigger-happy recklessness led to the unnecessary death of nine civilians.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The man in charge saw Gilgamesh on the alarm screens and got trigger-happy.
At least, he was reasonably sure that none of Klem Zareff's trigger-happy mercenaries would shoot him down coming in.
Suppose he broke surface right in front of a flock of trigger-happy Enforcers?
Uncle John provided our hunting excitement by turning out to be one of the trigger-happy types.
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