Sentence examples similar to a sequence of setbacks from inspiring English sources

The first twenty or so floors are fairly bulky, giving the building a wide stance on the ground, but as it rises there is a spiralling sequence of setbacks.

Beginning with the popularly backed military coup that ousted President Muhammad Morsi from power in Egypt in mid-2013, the Brotherhood's brand of political Islam has suffered a stinging sequence of setbacks.

There is a sequence of steps.

A sequence of events?

The episode was one of a number of setbacks for the Arctic drilling program last year.

It has suffered a string of setbacks.

These were the latest in a series of setbacks.

However, there were a number of setbacks too.

He never quite got over a string of setbacks.

But a series of setbacks almost derailed it.

The bargaining follows a series of setbacks for the government.