Sentence examples for an initial setback from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, Sherman pushed on into North Carolina, capturing Fayetteville on March 11 and, after an initial setback, repulsing the counterattacking Johnston at Bentonville on March 19 20.

More-skilled graduates suffer an initial setback in earning power, but they are able to make up ground later by jumping from job to job.

He wrote Stryker in search of a job, and despite an initial setback – no openings were available – was hired in 1940.

Simon's son, John Hyrcanus I (134 104 bce), suffered an initial setback at the hands of the last great Seleucid king, Antiochus VII (Sidetes), who set out to reconquer Palestine, but at the latter's death John renewed his father's expansionist program, in which Samaria was conquered and destroyed.

The long running saga of claims and counter claims between Facebook and ConnectU hit court today with an initial setback for ConnectU.

Like Eugène, however, Marmont did not let an initial setback dictate the tempo of the conflict.

However, the initial setback quickly became a punch in the mouth when the owner's insurance company informed him that the flooding was caused by the city, and "the city" has an exclusion when it comes to historical sites.

Despite that initial setback, the company hasn't entirely abandoned emerging markets.

If developing individuals experience a period of nutritional deficit, they can subsequently show accelerated growth should conditions improve, apparently compensating for the initial setback.

Lock says she loved the idea so much that she could not let it go, despite the initial setback.

And although much of those astronomic gains were negated earlier this year as technology stocks went out of fashion and Qualcomm suffered its initial setback in China, the company's shares have resumed their climb in the last three months.