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
• Despite the setback, morale was high on the picket line.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Those could face a setback if BA.2.86 is able to spread more widely.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 17 Aug. 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
• 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
• But there were setbacks along the way that kept delaying his return.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
• 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
• That setback came as a financial blow for Sage and Biogen.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
• Prince Harry suffered a setback in his lawsuit against the publisher of tabloid The Sun.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
• In the month since the settlement, Fox has refused to comment in detail on the case or the many subsequent setbacks.
  — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• After three decades of stalling and setbacks, what has suddenly changed?
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 8 May 2023
• The Aggies’ lone loss during that span was a 99-86 setback at New Mexico.
  — Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
• Yu Change suffered a small setback in his recovery from a broken bone in his hand.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• The report proved to be yet another setback as X sought to win back big brands and their ad dollars, X's main source of revenue.
  — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Having fewer billable hours is a huge setback, because in that firm, like many firms.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023
• Adverse jury decisions and a pipeline setback have sent the share price to a nearly 20-year low.
  — Bill Anderson, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
• The groups hope to launch trials in living patients soon, but Faucette’s death may be a setback for the prospect of xenotransplantation.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
• Musk’s other ventures have also been hit with their own share of legal setbacks.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
• Some even felt inspired by her tenacity in the face of numerous setbacks.
  — Tayler Adigun, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
• The transition may be difficult because the glitchy app has been rife with problems and setbacks for migrants since it was launched.
  — The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• In times like these, setbacks and obstacles are inevitable.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• But the mixed signal sent from Dubai about wealthy countries’ readiness to contribute more is a setback, say observers.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2023
• The ayes were unanimous for the setback and the variance, for the bigger parking lot and the sally port, but when the vote on the jail came up last November, voters killed the initiative.
  — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
• Iran, which calls for Israel’s destruction, sees upside for itself in setbacks for the Jewish state.
  — Laurence Norman and Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
• Ohl said the strategy is designed to make sure developers are getting the high rents in the future with only a temporary setback at the start of the lease.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
• Now, with the onset of a new grand conflict with the West, Russia’s intelligence agencies are seeking to reverse the setbacks that unfolded at the end of the Cold War.
  — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2023

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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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The bright, cozy cottages are set back from the main area amid the farm’s vines and orchards, while the garden cottages are a short stroll away from all the tours and facilities.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• Yet as fans already know, the film’s opening sequence is set back in Indy’s glory days.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2023
• On wide downtown blocks, bus stops are curbside, but on narrower streets they’re set back behind the grass line.
  — Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
• Shrouded by trees and set back from the street, the place is smaller than Fike’s previous digs, with a white-brick fireplace and tasteful light-wood floors.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• The crisis has set back available shipping routes by more than a century.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• The cabin is set back, or rather the wheel wells are moved forward, the hood elongated, and the rear fenders shortened for less overhang and a leaner stance.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2022
• The dinosaur’s small nostrils were set back farther in the skull, enabling it to breathe even when partially submerged in the water.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• Hip-hop, by then a dynamic subculture, was walloped but would not be set back.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• The parkland is set back from the street and surrounded by private parcels with no apparent entrance.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022
• But that sets back the momentum of the pro-labor candidate who does make it to the runoff — leaving them with just one month of focused support, Hays said.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Little plates are fine, but napkins are all that’s really needed; once in the hand, a cookie, let alone a piece of cookie, is rarely set back down on a plate.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2023
• It’s been a difficult season for Alscher, and he was set back by missing a month of games while being on standby for Czechia at the World Juniors.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024