SETTING in a Sentence
Learn SETTING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
276 example sentences for SETTING, such as:
1. The setting sun drooped in the west.
2. Check the oil and water before setting off.
3. I've been setting aside a few pounds each week.
4. The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds.
5. Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
2. Check the oil and water before setting off.
3. I've been setting aside a few pounds each week.
4. The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds.
5. Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SETTING
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setting
n. a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
n. the physical position of something
Classic Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1 Despair seized him at the thought of her setting out alone to renew the weary quest for work.
2 Now that the sun was setting in a welter of crimson behind the hills across the Flint River, the warmth of the April day was ebbing into a faint but balmy chill.
3 She had been on the front porch and he had ridden up the long avenue, dressed in gray broadcloth with a wide black cravat setting off his frilled shirt to perfection.
4 They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.'
5 Well, it's made of brick and it's got about the only slate roof in Atlanta and that kept the sparks from setting it afire, I guess.
6 When she reached the mill the sun was setting and it was later than she cared to be out.
7 There were moments when she longed blindly for anything different, anything strange, remote and untried; but the utmost reach of her imagination did not go beyond picturing her usual life in a new setting.
8 She took it in silence, and they moved away, not toward the supper-room, but against the tide which was setting thither.
9 The other guests were dispersing to take up the same existence in a different setting: some at Newport, some at Bar Harbour, some in the elaborate rusticity of an Adirondack camp.
10 The row of budding trees, the new brick and limestone house-fronts, the Georgian flat-house with flowerboxes on its balconies, were merged together into the setting of a familiar scene.
11 He put it from him with sudden loathing, and setting his lips, addressed himself resolutely to what remained of his task.
12 We were thus placed in the most imminent danger, as this gigantic creature, setting up its back, raised the ship three feet at least out of the water.
13 The Pequod's signal was at last responded to by the stranger's setting her own; which proved the ship to be the Jeroboam of Nantucket.
14 Marija went home, singing out loud all the way, and was just in time to join Ona and her stepmother as they were setting out to go and make inquiry concerning the house.
15 This was "piece-work," of course; and besides it was made certain that the boy did not idle, by setting the machine to match the highest possible speed of human hands.
Example Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
1 Becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.
2 The furniture strikes a traditional note which is appropriate to its Edwardian setting.
3 The company has invested a great deal of time and effort in setting up new training schemes.
4 When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
5 I've been setting aside a few pounds each week.
6 The setting sun drooped in the west.
7 Some doctors advise setting aside a certain hour each day for worry.
8 Jeff and David were in the back yard setting off fireworks.
9 The collection has been moved from its intimate setting to the British Museum.
10 Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
11 Check the oil and water before setting off.
12 The British government announced the setting up of a special fund.
13 There are some tax advantages in setting up a trust fund for each of your children.
14 Hong Kong's stock market fell, setting off a global financial crisis.
15 The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds.