How to Use set piece in a Sentence

set piece

noun

• She scored with a set piece.
• Three of the Swedes' goals against Italy came on set pieces.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
• And the third factor on set pieces is the will to go get the ball first.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• If You Get Lost, Tyler brought a boat as a set piece for the stage.
  — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
• The Thorns were then punished on set pieces in their home loss to the Reign.
  — Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, 11 May 2018
• Summit scored its third in the 26th minute on a set piece.
  — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
• The Timbers opened scoring in the 27th minute on a set piece.
  — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
• The crew built the worm into a 90-foot-long by 24-foot-wide set piece.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
• The movie could just as well have been four hours long: Here’s one more overblown set piece!
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• Orlando City gave up a set piece goal in the 59th minute to go down 2-0.
  — Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 9 Apr. 2018
• Becker’s goal came on a set piece from about 30 yards out.
  — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• Orlando City’s best chance of the first half came off a set piece.
  — Jordan Culver, Pro Soccer USA, 30 June 2018
• The set piece ends on a close-up of a misty-eyed Aimee, sandwiched and smiling among her peers at the back of the bus.
  — Christi Carras Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
• The main set piece is an enormous cross lying face-down, as if dropped in the dirt.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
• Those actions were amplified on the goal off the set piece that broke open the game.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• Deep in stoppage time, Bono raced up the field for a promising set piece.
  — Steven Goff, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
• Not because of the set piece but by forcing the passing too close to goal.
  — SI.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• To the Chainsmokers' credit, there were some nifty, minute-long set pieces.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2019
• And prior to that 3-0 win, the U.S. hadn't scored from a set piece and had posted just two first-half goals.
  — Drake Hills, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
• There were some real set pieces on the All in the Family set.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• So many of this World Cup’s goals have come from set pieces and so too was the one that gave the host nation fresh life.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 7 July 2018
• Orlando evened the match on the ensuing set piece in the 27th minute.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• There are no gyrating dancers or over-the-top set pieces.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
• There are some pretty good set pieces when the tension gets cranked up.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
• New storylines are short and those kinds of big set piece are gone.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• Memphis tacked on a third goal in the 86th minute when Aaron Molloy curled a set piece into the area.
  — Partner Content, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
• In the 35th minute, Mabiala earned a yellow card that gave Miami a set piece just on the edge of the box.
  — oregonlive, 28 May 2022
• The fact that this has been the World Cup of the set piece, penalty kick and own goal is illustrative.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 8 July 2018
• The stage is sparse; props and set pieces replaced with live projections from a steady cam.
  — Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• This has also happened when set pieces and corners don’t come off successfully.
  — Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024