Sentence examples for relative setback from inspiring English sources

If the outcome represents a relative setback for Algeria, it could be viewed as a victory for the Islamists who carried out the assault on the gas plant, achieving several of their perennial goals: killing large numbers of Westerners and disrupting states they have put on their enemies list — including Algeria.

Satisfaction with your lot in life is relative: small, incremental setbacks affect you more when you are already struggling to get by.

But the setback was a relative hiccup for the regions billionaires.

Two weeks ago, a panel of three judges from that court dealt a major setback to the relatives who have been trying to keep 6-year-old Elian in the United States.

(That word is a misnomer anyway because "failing" is a relative term. Our short-term setbacks and challenges we define as "failures" are actually -- in the long-term -- the genesis of new insights, learning and growth).

These are compared to the relative energy savings resulting from TOU thermostat setbacks while considering other design variables.

Then, the relatives endured further emotional setbacks.

But the police said that when a financial setback threatened the nuptials, the couple so worried about disappointing their relatives that they devised a money-making plan not found in any bridal planner: bank robbery.

Talk to a rational, calm, sympathetic friend or relative about your situation -- preferably someone older who has had plenty of setbacks and can offer some more insight.

Despite what the officials acknowledged was a setback, they said they could still remove the child from the custody of his Miami relatives and turn him over to his father.

Despite the shock and disbelief among acquaintances, relatives said a series of setbacks in the last decade had left Officer Lutes mildly depressed.