Sentence examples for set to scuttle from inspiring English sources
Mark Warner, a former governor, had suddenly withdrawn from the Democratic field of presidential contenders, and many a gaffe seemed set to scuttle the ambitions of a Republican contender, George Allen, the state's junior senator.Virginia has produced eight American presidents, including four of the first five.
Referring to claims that Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, drove away from a car accident without handing over her insurance or registration details, Johnson said: "The tragedy of this Labour government is that they are set to scuttle from office with unemployment higher than when they came in with colossal public debt, like Peckham motorist Harriet Harman fleeing the scene of the crime.
RATHER than lose an election, Nepal's Maoists seem ready to scuttle it.
It's a Dali-esque dance set to the rhythm of scuttling limbs, disturbing yet compelling, leaving you to gawp as the strange narrative unfolds.
A budget crunch has delayed and could scuttle a major U.S. cancer-prevention trial set to begin in April.
The Bridge Project was supposed to begin last year, but when Stephen Dillane, set to play Hamlet and Prospero, withdrew to handle a family emergency, the season was scuttled at the last minute.
A council of top regulators was set to meet on Tuesday to determine how to impose new rules on the industry after a few S.E.C. commissioners scuttled a previous push to improve the safety and transparency of the funds.
Read ordered his crew into lifeboats while setting Caleb Cushing afire to scuttle her.
Last week, Kenya's leaders decided to scuttle efforts to set up a special tribunal for the organizers and financiers of the election violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, putting forward a vague pledge to try perpetrators within existing institutions instead.
Environmentalists argued that this change would allow G.E., which has always resisted the cleanup plan, to scuttle it by setting standards too high to meet.
The merest layman could surmise that Syria (along with Iran) would feel threatened enough by democracy in Iraq to set about scuttling it.
