How to Use set piece in a Sentence
set piece
noun
- She scored with a set piece.
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Three of the Swedes' goals against Italy came on set pieces.
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CBS News,
6 Aug. 2023
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And the third factor on set pieces is the will to go get the ball first.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2023
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If You Get Lost, Tyler brought a boat as a set piece for the stage.
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Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
1 Nov. 2021
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Summit scored its third in the 26th minute on a set piece.
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oregonlive,
14 Nov. 2021
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The crew built the worm into a 90-foot-long by 24-foot-wide set piece.
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Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2024
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The movie could just as well have been four hours long: Here’s one more overblown set piece!
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2023
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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.
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Christi Carras Staff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Sep. 2021
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The main set piece is an enormous cross lying face-down, as if dropped in the dirt.
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Zachary Lewis,
cleveland,
9 Feb. 2022
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Those actions were amplified on the goal off the set piece that broke open the game.
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Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2022
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Deep in stoppage time, Bono raced up the field for a promising set piece.
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Steven Goff,
Washington Post,
16 June 2024
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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.
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Drake Hills,
USA TODAY,
5 Feb. 2022
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There were some real set pieces on the All in the Family set.
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Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2024
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Orlando evened the match on the ensuing set piece in the 27th minute.
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oregonlive,
12 June 2023
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New storylines are short and those kinds of big set piece are gone.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
20 Apr. 2021
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Memphis tacked on a third goal in the 86th minute when Aaron Molloy curled a set piece into the area.
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Partner Content,
The Arizona Republic,
9 July 2022
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In the 35th minute, Mabiala earned a yellow card that gave Miami a set piece just on the edge of the box.
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oregonlive,
28 May 2022
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That stat says much about Swedish strategy and savvy on set pieces.
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Frank Dell'apa,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 Aug. 2023
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Will every episode have a major set piece like this one?
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Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2021
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In the end, the movie also functions as a nostalgic set piece.
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Meg Jacobs,
CNN,
11 Apr. 2023
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If Ravissant is the movie’s call to action, then the Dior fashion show is the big action set piece.
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Vulture,
11 Aug. 2022
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For context, Sporting has scored eight goals from set pieces in each of the last three seasons.
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Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2024
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Heath notes that the Dutch have a solid aerial presence off set pieces.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
26 July 2023
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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.
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Town & Country,
10 Mar. 2023
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Vermette explains the sandworm was a 90-foot-long by 24-foot-wide set piece.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2024
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What was that like acting in a, well, set piece with one of our greatest action stars?
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Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com,
al,
14 Apr. 2022
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But the right set piece, Bazan said, offers the best chance even amid this uncertainty.
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Julia Poe,
orlandosentinel.com,
8 Oct. 2021
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Like a big-budget movie, the show now leaps from one tense set piece to another, with cliffhangers strewn along the way.
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BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2021
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Some set pieces and twists may be preserved, but the movie will need to find new protagonists.
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Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2023
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The 2020 sequel rinsed and repeated the tension-release set pieces, if not exactly expanding on the concept.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2024
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