Sentence examples for worst setbacks from inspiring English sources

One of the worst setbacks Harvey experienced concerned the loss of a great deal of written work when parliamentary troops ransacked his house in Whitehall in 1642.

In the 1990's, by contrast, one of the worst setbacks occurred: the Clinton administration's and the United Nations' failure to stop the genocide in Rwanda.

Among his worst setbacks, he said, was finishing last in the 2009 Democratic primary for comptroller, which he attributed to a lack of support from the Democratic Party machine.

Erik Nicholson, a national vice president of the United Farm Workers, applauded Ms. Solis's decision, calling the Bush rules "some of the worst setbacks for farm workers in decades".

But gun control advocates view the law as one of their worst setbacks in decades, though some of its most far-reaching provisions were removed during negotiations with the House.

The attack was called off hours after its launch.In this section Cries of battle Friends no more Friend or foe in East Timor Taiwan's disaster from below The birthday party ReprintsIt was one of the worst setbacks for the army since the Tamil rebellion began in 1983.

But it was the supreme court that delivered the worst setback.

Next week marks six years since our economy suffered its worst setback since the Great Depression.

This represents the Freedom Party's worst setback since Jörg Haider took over the party leadership in 1986.

Indeed, Wisconsin as a whole inflicted Trump's worst setback of that campaign and has never embraced him.

Because it was on a warm night in 1999, in Buffalo, that it suffered the worst setback in a more than decade-long decline.