Examples of 'was set back' in a sentence

Meaning of "was set back"

was set back: This phrase means to experience a delay, hindrance, or reversal in progress or plans

How to use "was set back" in a sentence

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was set back
Soviet science was set back fifty years.
It was set back to normal when I got here.
He lost half the blood in his body and was set back a year.
The project was set back several years.
This stretched between Ottostraße and Lenbachplatz, where the building was set back from the Ottostraße.
Everything in our world was set back the way it was supposed to be.
I was set back a year, which would make you a year older than me.
The transition to digital television was set back several more times after that.
I was set back a bit.
This old building made of stone was set back one floor above the street level.
When the hoax was discovered, the science of legal anthropology was set back 50 years.
Testing was set back as the prototype crashed owing to engine failure.
As a result, the second matchday was set back a day also.
Our life was set back as we began a long battle against the mother ship.
Argh! OK, so his house was set back from the street.

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The town was set back by the turmoil of the Thirty Years War.
Everything was going well until the summer of 1995 when I was set back by a pulmonary infection.
The Tokyo Sky Tree was set back and work was stopped due to a recession.
This is where the current world land speed record was set back in 1997.
I think it was set back in another time, too.
Okay, so his house was set back from the street.
The battery was set back by delays and funding problems, and was not completed until 1864.
The shorter second act was set back in the millionaire 's home.
Question, My progress was set back along with the collection items and inventory.
In that year, the economy was set back by Mexico 's financial crisis.
OK, so his house was set back from the street.
Allegedly . Our investigation was set back a week and another young woman was murdered.
The clock was set back 58 minutes.
Okay, so his house was set back from the street, Argh!

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