Examples of 'set-back' in a sentence

Meaning of "set-back"

set-back (noun) - an obstacle, delay, or reversal of progress, typically in a plan, project, or goal

How to use "set-back" in a sentence

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The current set-back temperature will be displayed.
And after every heartbreak or set-back or loss.
One set-back is not necessarily a bad thing.
Even natural justice itself may suffer a set-back.
Switch between set-back and comfort temperature.
On her return to work the appellant suffered a subsequent set-back.
This is a great set-back for our profession.
A set-back mode is activated for the hours in between.
It is possible to adjust different set-back period for individual channels.
A set-back front axle allowed a low drag hood.
Head parts of the screws are placed in the set-back space.
Thermostat replacement to set-back devices to automatically adjust temperatures.
Set-back distances to protect nesting bird colonies from human disturbance.
The time programme can be used for the local set-back.
The set-back condition is indicated by a flashing actual value display.

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Then the anchor bolt is tightened to secure the set-back buttress.
Another important set-back was related to the area under cultivation.
Petty traders block access roads and disobey planning set-back regulations.
The set-back buttresses are levelled and anchored to the concrete surface.
An example of such an interfaz device is a set-back thermostat or active solar heating / cooling system.
Set-back restrictions for the deep horizontal well sections are less clear.
The election was a defeat and set-back for the right and far right.
The set-back makes it possible for this hysteresis to be reduced, or even eliminated.
It will go forward as planned, despite the temporary set-back your inteference has caused me.
More possible set-back values can be provided in the same general way.
Barely a month after taking office, he has suffered his first political set-back.
The set-back or auto-off condition is ended by pressing a button or finger switch pressure.
Some of the children with autism had experienced a set-back or regression early in their development.
The set-back buttress can be made of a number of materials including aluminium and steel.
Therein, said main leg portions are pivotal between a set-back position and an erected position.
Meltblowing polymers with different compositions may require different air-gap and set-back.
A battery-backed thermostat which retains the programmed set-back information is preferable to one without a battery.
The air-gap and set-back parameters are functions of these relative vertical and lateral positions.
When you have your eyes on a goal, each set-back merely intensifies the desire to win.
Given the prevailing economic climate and security problems, poverty alleviation schemes suffered a set-back.
When they experience a set-back they move forward believing that things will get better.
The design led the way for a generation of skyscrapers built using the set-back principle.
A space formed by this set-back is not butted with the closely-set other outdoor unit.
This will minimize the appearance of a ledge when the blocks are stacked into set-back courses.
The GutterWhiz ® design provides a comfortable set-back to allow cleaning without standing directly under the gutter.
Once a particular alignment is made and the dowel pins inserted therein, the set-back is determined.
O Automatic set-back on parking lot plugs.
SU would never recover from this set-back.
Set-back Timer function short time comfort temperature.
This was a major set-back for Serbian airline industry.
It was a surprise to the crowd and a set-back for Koma.
Despite this set-back Nash has made further discoveries.
The ensuing Japanese-Korean rapprochement would be a serious geopolitical set-back for China.
And after every heartbreak or set-back or loss … I sank deeper into the dark water.
President Putin snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, and US hegemony suffered a set-back.

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