How to Use setback in a Sentence

setback

1 of 2 noun

• Despite some early setbacks, they eventually became a successful company.
• That in no way means the biggest setbacks failed to sting.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
• The talks were cut short, and both sides blamed each other for the setbacks.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Pittman was asked how the Hogs could turn the tight-game setbacks into wins.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• It’s the sixth straight setback for the Pioneers (0-3) dating to the end of last fall.
  — J.c. Carnahan, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
• The Netflix series has been plagued by setbacks in the best.
  — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 1 July 2024
• Despite the setback, morale was high on the picket line.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• But the system that has ruled Iran since 1979 will find a way through this setback and churn on.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2024
• Those could face a setback if BA.2.86 is able to spread more widely.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Despite the setback, the legal fight is not over, Democrats say.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
• In a post on X, the party pledged to overcome the setback and work for a better life for all Thais.
  — Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Suttinee Yuvejwattana / Bloomberg, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
• The Boilers are coming off a 68-54 loss to Maryland, which marked the team's third straight setback on the road.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2023
• And a slew of setbacks in recent weeks suggests the odds of a shutdown are at least even.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2024
• The sudden closure isn’t the only setback Square Pie City has faced in the past year.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
• Seattle was on the fringes of being in the AL wild-card race after the Aug. 1 setback to Boston.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
• What does his future look like now that he's had this setback?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• Pinnacle got bumped from the Open in the second round, an 87-34 setback.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• The company’s decline was just the first domino in a string of setbacks.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2024
• The closure of her first two locations hasn't been a setback for White.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Sep. 2022
• But there was no way to spin the 2021 season as anything other than a setback.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
• The separation of the Iskandar studios from the Pinewood group in 2019 was both a setback and a surprise.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• The setback, announced Thursday, will cut the company’s size to 220 workers by the end of the first quarter of this year.
  — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 5 Jan. 2023
• But there were setbacks along the way that kept delaying his return.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
• But the Silver & Black have dropped four of their first five games with each setback coming by less than a touchdown.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2022
• The Sixers will likely tread cautiously with Melton for at least the next week or two to avoid any setbacks.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, Apple tried to claw its way back from a series of setbacks.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
• Despite the personal setback, O’Malley used that time to hone his skills.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Sep. 2024
• Senga made it through without any setbacks and can advance to the next step in his rehab.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 July 2024
• However, the following jackets will work well for many travelers despite a few setbacks.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
• Investors need to help set expectations in a way where those setbacks don't drain capital from private and public sources, noted Helfgott, whose firm has made eight fusion investments.
  — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025

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set back

2 of 2 verb

• The Navy asserts the crime set back the cleanup by years.
  — Ralph Vartabedian, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The house is set back from the street, behind a front lawn framed by hedges.
  — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
• Clocks in most parts of the country will be set back by an hour.
  — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
• The quest to set back the clock, and look youthful is an aptly old tale.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune Well, 15 July 2023
• The single-story ranch house was set back from the road.
  — AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• The house was set back on its corner lot from the streets on either side.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2025
• Wendy’s is 20% from its 52-week high set back in August of last year.
  — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024
• All children have been set back by the decision to close the schools due to covid.
  — Susan Dreisch, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
• The Detroit Red Wings' bid for a playoff spot was set back by one of the best goaltenders in the game.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
• In the first game of the series, the Reds were set back by defensive mistakes.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 June 2022
• Railroad stocks were set back earlier in the week on the strike fears.
  — WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
• How long the delays would set back the overall plan remains to be seen.
  — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• That’s more than 30 cents higher than a month ago, and 65 cents less than the all-time high set back in mid-June.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 3 Nov. 2022
• There needed to be a little farmhouse set back from the road.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Dec. 2023
• He’s been set back with his finger thing, and trying to play through that at times has been tough as of late.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• The display is located above the dashboard and set back, out of the driver's reach.
  — Joann Muller, Axios, 18 July 2024
• What’s even more, NBER went on to find that working from home can set back women in the workforce.
  — Liz Elting, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
• The hole is set back in the timber under a flightline where ducks trade between refuges.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• Kennedy thought there was likely to be violence, and that would set back the cause of civil rights.
  — John Leland, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
• But that was set back by two days of bad weather in Ohio, their previous stopover.
  — Andrew Johnston, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2024
• The upstairs unit has a private entrance and is set back from the courtyard by a deck with a keyhole ocean view.
  — Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
• With the clocks having just been set back, afternoon turned to night somewhere around noon.
  — Dave Eggers, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• Sadly, his campaign was set back at the end of his first term by forces beyond his control.
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Spieth posted four birdies in Round 2, but was set back by five bogeys.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 18 June 2023
• The start of the exam was set back at some test centers, as students had problems connecting to the Wi-Fi.
  — Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• In between are leafy neighborhoods of houses with wide lawns and big porches set back from the street.
  — Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Saltonstall approaches a shed set back from the eroding cliff.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• When daylight saving time ends, clocks are set back an hour, giving us an extra hour of sleep.
  — Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2024
• The prime minister of Qatar, a key mediator between the sides, said Haniyeh’s death would set back truce talks.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• In late November, the Iron Horse was set back out to pasture in the cornfield, now in a shiny new coat of black paint, sitting atop a Georgia granite plinth.
  — Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025

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