How to Use set piece in a Sentence

set piece

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  • Three of the Swedes' goals against Italy came on set pieces.
    — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • And the third factor on set pieces is the will to go get the ball first.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • If You Get Lost, Tyler brought a boat as a set piece for the stage.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Summit scored its third in the 26th minute on a set piece.
    — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The crew built the worm into a 90-foot-long by 24-foot-wide set piece.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The movie could just as well have been four hours long: Here’s one more overblown set piece!
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The set piece ends on a close-up of a misty-eyed Aimee, sandwiched and smiling among her peers at the back of the bus.
    — Christi Carras Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The main set piece is an enormous cross lying face-down, as if dropped in the dirt.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Those actions were amplified on the goal off the set piece that broke open the game.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Deep in stoppage time, Bono raced up the field for a promising set piece.
    — Steven Goff, Washington Post, 16 June 2024
  • And prior to that 3-0 win, the U.S. hadn't scored from a set piece and had posted just two first-half goals.
    — Drake Hills, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
  • There were some real set pieces on the All in the Family set.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Orlando evened the match on the ensuing set piece in the 27th minute.
    — oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • Memphis tacked on a third goal in the 86th minute when Aaron Molloy curled a set piece into the area.
    — Partner Content, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
  • In the 35th minute, Mabiala earned a yellow card that gave Miami a set piece just on the edge of the box.
    — oregonlive, 28 May 2022
  • That stat says much about Swedish strategy and savvy on set pieces.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In the end, the movie also functions as a nostalgic set piece.
    — Meg Jacobs, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
  • If Ravissant is the movie’s call to action, then the Dior fashion show is the big action set piece.
    — Vulture, 11 Aug. 2022
  • For context, Sporting has scored eight goals from set pieces in each of the last three seasons.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • Heath notes that the Dutch have a solid aerial presence off set pieces.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 26 July 2023
  • In the episode, the band performs three full songs back-to-back in the episode, marking the first major concert set piece in the TV series.
    — Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Vermette explains the sandworm was a 90-foot-long by 24-foot-wide set piece.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • What was that like acting in a, well, set piece with one of our greatest action stars?
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But the right set piece, Bazan said, offers the best chance even amid this uncertainty.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Some set pieces and twists may be preserved, but the movie will need to find new protagonists.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Italy heads back to the drawing board with the first order of business to address its defense from set pieces.
    — Steve McMorran, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • And after that set piece caused a scrum in front of goal, Makenna Morris buried a loose ball in the fourth minute to put Spirit up 1-0.
    — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
  • In one set piece, on North Fourth Street, a photograph from 1994 shows an auto body shop.
    — John Otis, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Wan’s eye for spooky set pieces is even sharper here; The Conjuring 2 boasts the most chilling scene in the franchise.
    — Vulture, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Wood again drew two defenders and put RSL in good position to score, this time on a set piece.
    — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2021

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