Sentence examples for stark setback from inspiring English sources
WASHINGTON — A huge suicide bombing in the heart of Yemen's capital Monday morning left hundreds dead and wounded, stunning the country's beleaguered government and delivering a stark setback to the American counterterrorism campaign against Al Qaeda's regional franchise, which has repeatedly tried to plant bombs on United States-bound jetliners.
WASHINGTON — A huge suicide bombing in the heart of Yemen's capital Monday left more than 100 people dead and hundreds wounded, stunning the country's beleaguered government and delivering a stark setback to the American counterterrorism campaign against Al Qaeda's regional franchise, which has repeatedly tried to plant bombs on United States-bound jetliners.
To be sure, gains in law school programs have not been as stark as the setbacks at business schools.
The failure to reach any accord was a stark but not surprising setback in a tortuous, decade-long standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The success of Democrats in New York stood in stark contrast to the wave of setbacks that the party suffered across the country.
A loss there would deliver a significant setback to her party and stand as a stark rebuke to her second term in office.
Setbacks are sometimes good things in general because they're a stark reminder that we're far from being a finished article".
Regional differences are stark.
