How to Use domino effect in a Sentence

domino effect

noun
  • There’s a lot of domino effect there.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But poor weather could have a domino effect next week if storms hit big hubs.
    — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The domino effect is alive and well today.
    — David Miliband, Time, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Yet only so many can fit through, and backups have a domino effect.
    — Alison Saldanha, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 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
  • His movement and hold-up play might have a domino effect on the rest of the attack.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 30 June 2019
  • Even better, Faulk’s move to end has a domino effect down the line.
    — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • This helps triggers the domino effect and the whole thing starts over for a few seconds.
    — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 June 2024
  • The domino effect could take days to sort out, even longer than these winter meetings.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2017
  • That could have a domino effect for the major airports.
    — CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • That’s no longer the case for most, and the domino effect has increased activism.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Gardiner said the lack of funding has had a domino effect across the agency.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The obstruction of the canal could set off a domino effect of delays.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The first tree fell back there and hit the tree here, which hit another tree, and so there's a domino effect.
    — David Chiu, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Paunovic talked about the domino effect of a bad defense in previous games.
    — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • If that happens, expect a domino effect up and down the roster.
    — Jim Lefko, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • This can also lead to a domino effect of other issues.
    — Jordan Smith, Outside, 11 Sep. 2025
  • More schools will make their hires, setting off a domino effect of more football coach openings down the line.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 18 Nov. 2021
  • This could create a domino effect, sending prices tumbling across the board.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The success of that event set off a domino effect of booming content on the platform.
    — Jordan Ligons, Essence, 26 June 2022
  • The collapse of downtown has a domino effect on other parts of the city and its tourism business.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The value of the player, given a lot of the stuff that goes on in the domino effect, is always there.
    — SI.com, 31 July 2019
  • In the past year, there has been a domino effect of area health care providers increasing the minimum wage.
    — Ginger Christ, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
  • There’s also a domino effect, where players want to stick together as a group.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • This note set off a domino effect of concerns about Beth and Rip’s futures.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Hopefully, the project will have a domino effect in other cities in Italy.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps your sweet-as-a-Pop Tart demeanor will have a domino effect.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2018
  • 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
  • Rager appeared to stumble first, sparking a domino effect.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026

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