Sentence examples for successive setbacks from inspiring English sources

Despite successive setbacks, she did not play to the rightwing gallery by throwing him out.

They made considerable progress, but successive setbacks in wars with China and Tibet (1788 92), with the Sikh kingdom in the Punjab (1809), with British India (1814 16), and again with Tibet (1854 56) frustrated Nepal and set the present boundaries of the kingdom.

Mr. Romney, who has the most riding on Tuesday's result after successive setbacks in Iowa and New Hampshire, delivered a speech Monday at the Detroit Economic Club in which he took Washington lawmakers to task for what he described as excessive regulating of the auto industry and lack of interest in Michigan's economic woes.

Now, having helped his team make such a bright start to the new League One season, Smith has the job of getting his side back on the rails after three successive setbacks (two 2-1 home defeats followed by a Johnstone's Paint Trophy exit to Port Vale).

ICC World Twenty20 champions England suffered a second successive setback as they began their Super Eight campaign with a 15-run defeat against West Indies at Pallekele.

It seemed that there were many more Tibetans like the young farmer, asserting traditional ways of life against change imposed from Beijing — Tibetans whose loyalty to their faith and identity had been tested by successive political setbacks, and who would now struggle to survive the arrival of the railroad in Lhasa.

Disruption brings successes and setbacks.

Having ended last year with five successive defeats, today's setback followed a first-round exit in Sydney last week.

Brendon Rogers will be looking to get Liverpool's title challenge back on track with successive wins, following a setback over the New Year.

Burnley followed up the setback with successive wins over Manchester City and Manchester United to take the total number of league wins in the season to 23.

Beset by chronic illness (among other maladies, he received his first diagnosis of cancer when he was twenty-five), he took the fact cheerfully in stride, as Mr. Micawber might have done, viewing his successive bad hands as mere temporary setbacks: "I have always behaved as if it were nothing," Bondy said.