Sentence examples for a set up for from inspiring English sources

In other films, this might have been a set up for a classic Hollywood diatribe against welfare cuts.

The next one will kick off where the last one ended, but just like Avatar resolved itself and doesn't feel like a set up to another movie, you don't want Avatar 2 to feel like a set up for 3".

And the comparison to films is somewhat apt as well, considering the Halo has followed the annoying trend of movie trilogies where the second part tends to be a set up for the final act.

Because of this, it is occasionally portrayed as a set up for personal failure.

Measuring your self-esteem in terms of how your ex is doing in the wake of your divorce is a set up for anxiety and depression.

Overindulging, over-rewarding, or babying our children actually serves as a sort of pressure for greatness and a set up for disappointment.

It's a set-up for failure.

Oh, and there's a set-up for a third instalment tacked on to the end.

Miller's first half is almost entirely a set-up for the eventual payoff.

In a conference call with investors, Michael Rapino, the chief executive, called the results "a set-up for what looks to be a record summer".

This sounds like a set-up for an Albee play, and it's both jarring and intriguing to find so much gravitas on a multicamera laugh-track network sitcom.