Sentence examples for setting against from inspiring English sources
Like Salinger's own dangling men Holden Caulfield, Buddy and Seymour Glass Merton set himself against phonies as a way of setting against phoniness in himself.
Like Salinger's own dangling men — Holden Caulfield, Buddy and Seymour Glass — Merton set himself against phonies as a way of setting against phoniness in himself.
Old movies, food and drink, dead authors with much to impart, and a love that comes back to life: such are the joys, according to this uncomfortably honest film, worth setting against our disappointments, and against the many ravages that lie in store.
Some reports indicate financial concerns as a factor affecting ED patients leaving the acute care setting against medical advice (AMA).
Setting against a strategic culture of Wo Xin Chang Dan, the Taoism diplomacy of taoguang yanghui could be seen in the light of hiding capacities so that no one would worry about the threat of China rise until its comprehensive power reached a critical mass, and bidding time to wait for opportunity to strike.
It's bookended by the thinly frozen Cannonball River and the sun setting against distant hills.
A geranium set against gray stones shows.
– set against a plane of bright yellow.
Public opinion is set against them.
Villains are set against representatives of good.
Our knowledge, set against her ignorance, stings.
