How to Use catalyst in a Sentence

catalyst

noun

• The bombing attack was the catalyst for war.
• She was proud to be a catalyst for reform in the government.
• The raid on Smith's shop was one of the catalysts for change.
  — Andy Marso, kansascity, 6 June 2018
• Kapler called Belt a catalyst and a key to the team’s record the past week.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2022
• Lane has been the main catalyst for the spiciness in the two games.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2022
• George Floyd’s death was the catalyst for a lot of things.
  — cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
• The mission of the franchise is to be a catalyst of love.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2021
• As for the catalyst of the success, Mazara has an idea.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2021
• Sometimes, the walls that can’t move are the catalyst for what ends up being the coolest part of the project.
  — Kathy Anderson and Stephanie Vaughan, Houston Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2019
• The sodium in them also seems to act as a catalyst in the way that iron does.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• Was meeting your wife, Julie, the catalyst that brought you out of it?
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• The idea is to be a catalyst to help solve problems, not be the problem solver.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Sep. 2017
• The tragic mishap was a catalyst for the strike, which began on Feb. 12.
  — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• What was the catalyst for deciding that now was the time?
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• Both of Einhorn’s plays are in dire need of a catalyst.
  — David Welch, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2017
• Could my late arrival be the catalyst for some kind of meet-cute?
  — Audra Heinrichs, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• But the truth is that Ryan is the true catalyst for every thing that has happened.
  — Sarah Begley, Time, 31 Jan. 2018
• Fleabag has a dead mom and a dead female best friend as two of its key catalysts.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2019
• And that was the real catalyst for, as a team, discussing all those things.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2022
• My goal, my intent, is just to be a catalyst for change.
  — Tim Fitzsimons, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2019
• What happened under the lights was more of a smack in the face than a dynasty’s catalyst.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 12 Jan. 2020
• This was a slight catalyst of what Walter Tevis would go on to write.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2020
• Some investors pointed to the stronger dollar as a catalyst for the fall.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2021
• Books can be a catalyst for change, and well, so can bookstores.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2021
• That also was a pretty big catalyst for this new era of AI and Nvidia was a part of that, too.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Herro Brothers have been the catalyst as Whitnall holds a 44-39 lead in this game.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2023
• Let the work that still needs doing be a catalyst for hope, not despair.
  — Edith Eger, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• And so there’s a catalyst out there to really do this now.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Mar. 2024
• These are all typical catalysts for clients to reach out to a health coach.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2020
• So, there's still some work to do with structuring the catalyst.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018

Last Updated: 9 May 2024