Sentence examples for a sharp setback from inspiring English sources

The vote was a sharp setback to unionization drives at the traditionally nonunion airline.

The balloting at the Democrats' state convention in Springfield on Saturday was a sharp setback to Lieut.

The verdict was a sharp setback for Pentagon officials, who had contended they could detain him indefinitely.

But the effort suffered a sharp setback when Republicans, over the objections of Mr. Bush, pressed to restrict immigration severely.

That was in 1998, when it slashed rates by half a percentage point on fears of a sharp setback to the global economy.

The conservative People's party, in a sharp setback, fell far short of the majority that enabled it to govern alone for the last four years.

Maybe this time, the conservative scaremongers will be right, and higher taxes will abort recovery and bring on a sharp economic setback such as happened in 1937.

Still, even in the face of this sharp setback, Mr. Gore remained calm and hopeful.

In last summer's short, sharp setback for Nasdaq highfliers, its model portfolio lost 50%.

János Hunyadi, serving W adys?aw III, king of Poland and Hungary, at first inflicted some sharp setbacks on the Ottomans, before a truce was agreed.

That plan has been dealt sharp setbacks over the past week, starting with a ratings downgrade by Moody's on Monday and MF Global's announcement of a $186 million quarterly loss the next day.