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Recent Examples of hair-trigger
Harry Truman possessed a hair-trigger temper and an earthy vocabulary.
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Barbara A. Perry, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The movie had moments of discordant comedy, but Sidney Lumet staged it in his hair-trigger fluorescent vérité style.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
There still tends to be more patience on the hoops side as far as hair-trigger firings or Lane Kiffin-style departures.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The timing of the blaze, the threats Goodstein received and the country’s hair-trigger political atmosphere all offered more than a little reason for pause and reflection.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Barbara A. Perry, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2026
This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The movie had moments of discordant comedy, but Sidney Lumet staged it in his hair-trigger fluorescent vérité style.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
There still tends to be more patience on the hoops side as far as hair-trigger firings or Lane Kiffin-style departures.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
His hair-trigger homemade contraption pressured all three major networks into giving Kiritsis airtime to explain his grievances to the public.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
The timing of the blaze, the threats Goodstein received and the country’s hair-trigger political atmosphere all offered more than a little reason for pause and reflection.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
They’re staffed around the clock and kept on hair-trigger alert.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hair-trigger
Adjective
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Some people become hypersensitive to noise; others lose their hearing entirely.—
Jacob Stern,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Americans are hypersensitive to cost increases after years of price spikes.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Your eyes become supersensitive to sunlight: Some people with nr-axSpA will also have a condition called uveitis.—
Alice Oglethorpe,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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Across the world, dozens of supersensitive detectors have been installed since the beginning of the Cold War era to detect infrasound waves created by nuclear tests thousands of miles away.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 8th and 9th are full of good energy, but everyone seems to be feeling oversensitive near the 13th.—
Katharine Merlin,
Town & Country,
1 Sep. 2023
Adjective
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Using precise measurements and instructions from intercom specialists and building owners, Apple Core’s workers monitor industrial machines that cut steel and punch holes for everything from small multifamily buildings to 200-unit high-rises.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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This makes the humanoid robot precise and safer to use in unpredictable real-world environments.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Hair-trigger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hair-trigger. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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