Sentence examples for setting a place from inspiring English sources

Williams gave it to Wonder in his dressing room before a show, setting a place on a coffee table and talking him through each item.

Our parents took these friends seriously -- inquiring about their health, maybe even setting a place at dinner for them -- because our society encourages and embraces the imagination of a child.

In a news release, the production's director, Michael Mayer — who directed "Spring Awakening" on Broadway, with its erotically charged story and rock score — called the Las Vegas setting a place "where a kind of prankster energy could go bad" and lead to the death of Rigoletto's daughter, Gilda.

Ms. Jones is an evangelist for the psychic, spiritual, physical and intellectual benefits cooking can bring old people: the math and concentration required for following a recipe, the exercise of kneading bread or whisking eggs, the self-regard that shows in setting a place and sitting down for a meal.

And Andrew, we'll still be setting a place for you here at Park Howard.

It's a real pity that rather than consider the important research on innovation-driven sustainable agriculture that can be applied on a global scale, the nation's leading nutrition organization is instead setting a place at the table for a company who has a vested interest in increasing production of bio-tech animal products.

For months, Mrs. McCabe set a place for him at the dinner table every night.

Let's not set a place for them at the table.

Hype and publicity management on that unprecedented scale sets a place up for a backlash.

My grandmother never set a place for herself at family dinners.

The sixties had set a place for Joni Mitchell, but her essence was noncompliance.