Sentence examples for succession of setbacks from inspiring English sources

Their week had been a succession of setbacks and breakthroughs.

The vote was the latest in a succession of setbacks for advocates of gay marriage across the country.

But a succession of setbacks and the possibility of another mainstream rival joining the race has, to some degree, checked the presumptive-ness of the presumptive candidate.

Party staffers shed "a lot of tears" at Labour HQ as they received news of a succession of setbacks in marginal English seats and all but one of the party's 41 seats in Scotland were swept away by the SNP.

He has recently suffered a succession of setbacks in his attempt to reach full fitness, prompting the Hammers' medical staff to seek the advice of independent specialists, who recommended an operation.

The succession of setbacks left the opposition here scrambling Tuesday to sustain what has become the single biggest challenge to 20 years of socialist rule and manage inflated expectations of a rapid ouster of Maduro.

On the other hand, the Emancipation Proclamation was styled as the beginning of the end of discrimination against black men and women, when in truth the nearly 140 years since have been a dizzying succession of advances and setbacks.

It has suffered a string of setbacks.

Do not be afraid of setbacks.

Last year I had a lot of setbacks.

Recovery has been full of setbacks.