How to Use domino effect in a Sentence

domino effect

noun
  • The domino effect is that Sven, who is running the show VFX-wise, will have to adapt.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The domino effect that led to the U.K.'s current pain started with a cold spell.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Even better, Faulk’s move to end has a domino effect down the line.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This is big stuff and marks the beginning of a domino effect of change in your life.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 Apr. 2023
  • This helps triggers the domino effect and the whole thing starts over for a few seconds.
    Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • That’s no longer the case for most, and the domino effect has increased activism.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The Green Rush domino effect continues to be felt on the East Coast.
    Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The obstruction of the canal could set off a domino effect of delays.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2021
  • A lot went wrong with the Mets in 2023, but the pitching created a domino effect.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That has a domino effect on the ER, where waits grow longer and staff have had to find new ways to assess patients.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022
  • His injury will have a domino effect at the Triple-A level.
    Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • Turnover has a domino effect and can harm morale among even the most tenured employees.
    Ed Beltran, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • And so, that there could be a domino effect of despair that would lead more people to come to the US border.
    USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The results, published in Science, show a domino effect that leaves lions with the short end of the stick.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Then, in a domino effect, soldiers staged coups in those three countries over the past three years and cut ties with France.
    Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • But poor weather could have a domino effect next week if storms hit big hubs.
    NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The success of that event set off a domino effect of booming content on the platform.
    Jordan Ligons, Essence, 26 June 2022
  • This note set off a domino effect of concerns about Beth and Rip’s futures.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
  • There's also a domino effect as no team wants to have empty spots when the music stops.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Yet only so many can fit through, and backups have a domino effect.
    Alison Saldanha, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
  • The move seemingly has a domino effect on the team's draft and free agency plans, and is our first clue of Weaver's vision for the franchise.
    Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2020
  • More schools will make their hires, setting off a domino effect of more football coach openings down the line.
    John Talty | Jtalty@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2021
  • This can create a domino effect in which these darker, warmer waters could cause the ice sheet to melt from the inside out.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 17 May 2021
  • Netflix The actual chain of events that make up the ending to You Season 4, Part 2, is kind of a domino effect.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The stunning ban by Churchill Downs could have a domino effect that takes off the trail completely the only trainer to win the Triple Crown since 1978.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 June 2021
  • The personnel shortages can have a domino effect, Ukrainian troops in the field said.
    Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But the domino effect is being felt across the industry.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • So, the domino effect of trying to muscle through and not seeking out support isn't good.
    Jessica Dulong, CNN, 18 July 2021
  • Some grocery stores might be the winner of the inflation domino effects — for now.
    Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 6 May 2024
  • And in today’s networked economy, an outage in one part of a supply chain can cause domino effects up and down the line.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 19 July 2024

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