Crossword-Solution: SETBACK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Setback | n. | Offset, n., 4. |
| Setback | n. | A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. |
| Setback | n. | A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| SETBACK | anagram | BACKSET |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTEEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SETBACK (5)
Although it had never been enforced, the court's decision nevertheless, came as a setback, because it was the signal to the South that through Jim Crow legislation Negroes could be kept in "their place." Under slavery there had been considerable social contact between the races.
You will be relieved to hear that there will be no war, that the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope will suffer no setback in his brilliant career, that the indiscreet Sovereign will receive no punishment for his indiscretion, that the Prime Minister will have no European complication to deal with, and that with a little tact and management upon our part nobody will be a penny the worse for what might have been a very ugly incident.” My mind filled with admiration for this extraordinary man.
The economy, and especially the tourism sector, suffered a setback in late 1995 due to the effects of Hurricane Luis in September.
Moreover, the vet had left orders that Lad be made to keep quiet until the hurt should heal; and that he risk no setback by undue exertion of any sort.
Two or three times, also, when Link's babyish gusts of destructive bad temper boiled to the surface at some setback or annoyance, much the same wonderingly distressed look would creep into the collie's glance--a look as of one who is revolted by a dear friend's failure to play up to form.
Quotes with SETBACK (3)
Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self love, wisdom and humility
From the sadness, learn something; from the happiness, learn something. From the setback, learn something and even from the success learn something. Never stop learning from any situation in life, for that is where the wisdom lies.
Don't be sidetracked by one setback along a path of gifts and blessings
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 30 times in crossword archives (1949–2023).