The phrase 'fraught with setbacks' is correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something is full of difficulties and troubles. For example: "The journey to success was fraught with setbacks, but he eventually succeeded."
The road to creating lasting peace in the midst of war is often fraught with setbacks, and success is never guaranteed.
To the Editor: Bringing new medicines to patients is a complex process fraught with setbacks, requiring years of research and billions of dollars to reach elusive success.
Page A26 New York PATERSON'S OVERHAULS THE STAFF Of His Battered Administration Gov. David A. Paterson's tenure has been fraught with setbacks.
Short Version If Charlie the Unicorn has taught us anything it's that the road to success is fraught with setbacks and, if you're not careful, your best friends will cut out your kidneys.
In what was once considered the stuff of science fiction, the development of laser technology has been fraught with setbacks.
Life is inevitably fraught with setbacks, roadblocks, and struggles, but at the end of the day, we do not give up.
Such new technologies are fraught with possible setbacks, however, on the path from laboratory bench to bedside.
Like hockey's most visible concussion patient, Sidney Crosby, Toews is a skilled young star, and his struggle with postconcussion symptoms has been fraught with confusion, setbacks and questions about life after hockey.
The transition to an energy and materials production regime based on renewable resources can similarly be expected to be fraught with many setbacks and obstacles, technically and politically.
Extricating those minors from commercial sex exploitation will be an enormous challenge, fraught with some of the same subtleties and setbacks that pose such difficult obstacles to drug users who resist detox and rehabilitation.
2. Opportunity Begins With Setbacks.
