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
• 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
• Becker’s goal came on a set piece from about 30 yards out.
  — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• 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
• Orlando evened the match on the ensuing set piece in the 27th minute.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
• 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
• At this World Cup, 30% of the goals were scored on set pieces, according to Opta.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 16 July 2018
• That stat says much about Swedish strategy and savvy on set pieces.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• Will every episode have a major set piece like this one?
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2021
• In the end, the movie also functions as a nostalgic set piece.
  — Meg Jacobs, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• If Ravissant is the movie’s call to action, then the Dior fashion show is the big action set piece.
  — Vulture, 11 Aug. 2022
• For context, Sporting has scored eight goals from set pieces in each of the last three seasons.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
• Heath notes that the Dutch have a solid aerial presence off set pieces.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 26 July 2023
• In one stunning set piece, he’s exposed on a Thames barge and runs around a bridge dodging bullets and bombs.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024