Sentence examples for was a serious setback from inspiring English sources

The coup was a serious setback for democracy in Africa.

Glenrothes was a serious setback for the SNP.

The transfer of the commercial harbour to Feodosiya in 1894, however, was a serious setback.

Their destruction and banning of icon paintings was a serious setback to Christian art.

For Shiv Sena, which has a vile record of demagoguery and anti-Muslim thuggery, this was a serious setback.

It was a serious setback for Battleground Texas, the grassroots initiative designed to turn Texas purple, then blue.

Losing glyphosate would be a serious setback.

But it is a serious setback for judicial campaign reform.

"But what has happened now is a serious setback".

Yet failure to ratify it would be a serious setback.That, sadly, is a possibility.

President Obama's failure to make headway in talks with the Taliban is a serious setback.