21 example sentences using cause.
Cause used in a sentence
Cause in a sentence as a noun
" This is lamentable but it is a mere symptom, and not the cause, of our ills.
They don't see the actual spying as the cause of all the backlash - it's all Snowden's fault for telling the world.
The only thing left of Google that they haven't managed to screw up or cause outrage over is search.
The "U R a fag"s get downvoted and end up at the bottom of the page where they cause little trouble.
* "Steve" later informs the author, "its ok to make jokes about slavery because thats over".
"* The black coworker is given a dictionary and told "I got this for you cause I know you speak ebonics.
The market doesn't work, because the parties aren't in contractual privity.
Reading a book on a Kindle will not cause more distraction during an emergency than reading one on paper.
Choosing Ember over Backbone isn't going to cause your project to fail; building the wrong thing or failing to finish, however, will.
They usually have to fire you for cause for you to lose your options, so figure out what the angle is they're using and make sure they don't have cause.
However, the fire did not start spontaneously - it was caused by the driver hitting a large piece of metal debris in the road.
Cause in a sentence as a verb
The fire was also contained to part of the battery pack and did not cause a runaway reaction like in some laptop battery fires.
The computing world owes a great vote of thanks to Judge Alsup: the cause of interoperability has won a huge victory.
Politicians make the law as they go, with no accountability, only because they are allowed to do so by those whom they govern.
As the industrial revolution happened, this rule was relaxed, because as it turns out it's impossible to make industry that doesn't pollute.
I use a Mac - sorry, it's really nice to use and I code a lot. I like my Kindle - sorry, it's better than the others and I read a lot. I live and work with proprietary software, but I believe in Free Software too. WebKit is popular because of Apple and Google.
Although snarky comments themselves are the most obvious symptom, I suspect that voting is on average dumber than commenting, because it requires so much less work.
I felt silly for not realizing it beforehand, partially because danah had hung out at my house at hackathons and such even, and I just didn't get it until her presentation.
Usually in aircraft accidents there's a chain of events, but in this case there were so many possible contributing causes that other than having better pitots that didn't freeze over, solving any one other problem may not have broken the chain.
Scientists can do models and experiments and tell you that the statistically a given type of pollution will cause certain kinds of harm in a population, but they can't tell you whether any particular injured person was injured from a particular type of pollution.
You will have a business mess because it will be very easy to conclude you did this maliciously, and you're now one Hacker News post away from having a customer run your name through the mud and for the next several months, 7 out of the top 10 results on any Google search for your company's name will be that post and related ones.
Cause definitions
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of the crash"
a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"
give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
See also: make