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
• The first two goals came off set pieces in the 22nd and 32nd minutes.
  — Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• 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
• Northshore had its best chances to put points on the scoreboard on set pieces in the 34th and 35th minutes.
  — Andrew Valenti, NOLA.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• 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
• O'Connor tapped him to take the kicks for Louisville City's set pieces, and Jimenez has created 53 chances — tied for first in the league.
  — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 31 Aug. 2017
• 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
• In the 6th minute, Jose Ortiz scored off a set piece, with the assist from Nate Kopetsky.
  — Brian Gosset, star-telegram, 30 Mar. 2018
• There are some pretty good set pieces when the tension gets cranked up.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
• That’s the premise of Zack Snyder’s full-throttle, off-the-wall action film where no set piece is too big and no idea is too bonkers.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
• Lioness has to move to the next explosive set piece, and Yellowstone has to figure out what the hell to do with the Duttons next.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2025