Sentence examples for setback out from inspiring English sources

Austria got that setback out of their collective system four days later with a 6-1 win in Belgium and normal service was resumed, the cream of the continent left mesmerised by the revolutionary – in more ways than one – movement of Sindelar and co.

But this apparent setback turned out to be an advantage.

What seemed like a setback turned out to be a stroke of luck.

He seems quite philosophical about the setback, pointing out that he was in the gym within three weeks.

Previously a winner of two Breeders' Cup races, Motion is based in Maryland and had been devastated last week when a setback ruled out Toby's Corner, reckoned to be his best hope.

Yet this setback turned out to be a mere hiccup in the history of a company that turned a pocket knife into a world industry under Carl Elsener III, chief executive for 57 years of the knife's manufacturers, Victorinox.

And yet, among all these landmarks, one diplomatic setback stood out: failure for the umpteenth time to agree on a UN-brokered plan to reunify the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus.Cyprus has been split into Greek and Turkish parts ever since Turkey invaded in 1974 in response to an Athens-backed Greek-Cypriot coup attempt.

As it happens, that setback turned out to be the first step on the path to his current career.

After the tough loss to Minnesota and the setback of missing out on the N.C.A.A. tournament, Carmody acknowledged that his staff would need to motivate his players to compete hard in the N.I.T. "That's the challenge, to get your guys to be ready to go," he said.

Douglass, used to a lifetime of such setbacks, went out to the rock in 1898 to push things along.

This can be risky territory, since making a physical product often requires a big upfront investment, and the smallest setback can wipe out profits.