Sentence examples for setting nasty from inspiring English sources

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On the offensive end, Coach Johnson wants his squad setting nasty screens early in the shot clock that force defenses into switches.

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This mixes a bubbling evocation of nature with some heavily over-written brass and choral grandiloquence, setting a nasty Nekrasov poem in which the arrival of spring spares the writer the need to murder his unfaithful wife.

But if Mr. Romney wins, he'll set a nasty precedent.

In high-rent regions dependence on housing benefit sets a nasty unemployment trap, which is one reason why child poverty in London is so stubbornly high.

Recently, for example, Bear Stearns, a Wall Street investment bank, held off from selling assets into an illiquid market because the transaction prices would have set a nasty benchmark for its other portfolios.

Vetter -- whose basketball team accounted for the overwhelming majority of the school's black students -- seconded the accusation, setting off a nasty fight that ended with the resignations of the headmaster, a handful of administrators and Vetter.

For instance, Politico reported the president "was facing the choice between setting off a nasty brawl with Congress by seizing the best chance in a generation to flip the ideological balance of the Supreme Court, or simply punting".

Here is a luxuriant and uncomfortable jungle setting, and nasty characters made up of inky national stereotypes and lists of commercial products.

Around 30 years ago, in the depths of its civic and fiscal crises, the city served as a perfect setting for nasty, dark-hearted crime dramas — tales of vengeance that ranged from "Death Wish," on the brutal, populist end of the spectrum, to the more self-aware and nuanced "Taxi Driver".

At the Zone's checkpoint, the CA border force are setting up for some nasty business.

Many West players raised the opening one-club bid directly to five clubs, setting North-South a nasty problem.

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