Sentence examples for setback away from inspiring English sources

In other words, many of these families are just one financial setback away from the streets.

But, like so many hard-working people, they were just one setback away from foundering.

The next year, as a junior, Bailey had a setback away from track, being expelled for fighting.

Any lifestyle that is debt-dependent, makes no room for savings or is just one setback away from defaulting on payments is too close to the edge to be safe.

"Downton Abbey" tends to be pretty progressive when it comes to gender -- case in point: Lady Mary is now the estate agent -- but the show does have a troubling tendency to portray some female characters as a single personal setback away from becoming wild-eyed baby-snatchers.

Don't let setbacks take away your focus.

A British transport company that runs school buses across the United States has suffered a setback after bidders walked away from a $1.3 billion takeover offer.

One time Chris Hadfield had a serious setback when France gave away his slot for their test pilot program to another person for political reasons.

Obama explained away his setbacks in the Texas and Ohio primaries with, "The kitchen-sink strategy I'm sure had some impact".

With this mindset, professional or personal setbacks can't take away from the everyday joy of simply being alive.

"Going back to a national currency, my God, that will be a huge setback," says a woman, walking away from the Alpha Bank cash machine off Syntagma Square near the Greek parliament in Athens.