How to use "set" in a sentence

Ned worked quickly to set if free

You set a very clever trap.'

Madeleine set off on the long journey to Arras

Entertainers and traders from Paris set up their stalls in the streets, and business at the Thenardiers' inn was very good

Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village.

Sala rushed down, and they set out on one of the fastest walkways to the pod center, talking happily

Sure enough, the dolphins set off, their smooth, strong bodies sliding through the ocean

"Shhh!" In one quick, smooth movement, the woman pushed the note between Sala's fingers, nodded at her, and then set off rapidly toward the walkway

She set off along the busy walkway, checking her ultranet connection as she went

I lit a match and set fire to the pieces

We set off together across the lawns to the woods

On the wider levels, long dinner tables, covered with white linen, were set at right angles to the stage

The choice was filet mignon with Bernaise sauce or lobster in butter sauce, because Las Vegas was the one place in the United States where people at least temporarily set aside concerns about cholesterol

His dark eyes were deeply set, quick, marked by intelligence and amusement.

The program opened with an electrifying rendition of "That Old Black Magic." Singers and dancers, brilliantly costumed, performed in a stunning set constructed of mirrored steps and mirrored panels

The sets and props had been moved from the main floor of the stage, and eight folding tables had been set up

She stopped at the easel, set it up as it belonged, hesitated, then turned the chalkboard toward her.

"Bob here"-he indicated the smaller man-"has the neatest set of tools

Which set of letters do you guys work for? Not the FBI

You work for some set of letters the public hasn't even heard about yet

The story was set in the mid-nineteenth century, when a physician's perception of the thin line between life and death was often cloudy

It says the heat's on and set at seventy

We'll just eliminate Bellicosti and set up a trap at the funeral home."

"If they've anticipated us, set a trap at the funeral home-"

"And if they haven't set a trap, I've got to be there when you question Bellicosti."

There wasn't much of a chance that a trap had been set for them so soon

Elliot and Tina found what they needed in one of the gun shops: a set of twelve wilderness maps of the Sierras, designed with backpackers and hunters in mind

The set came in a leatherette-covered case and sold for a hundred dollars.

He was studying a set of electroencephalograms and digitally enhanced sonograms and X-rays.

Ten feet away, a set of elevator doors opened.

Even before Elliot had lowered the pistol, the same set of elevator doors slid open again

In the event of accidental contamination, you immediately set off an alarm

That was just about the time that another researcher walked into his lab, saw the cultures of Wuhan-400 broken open on the floor, and set off the alarm

They were just about to move off the road, into the trees, so they would be away from any sign of civilization when they set up camp for their first night in the wilderness

Look, the hammer is set at 50 tons, and the drop at zero

One thing I am sure of: my brother's wife certainly did not know how to set and operate this hammer.'

'Perhaps it was set that way last night when work stopped.'

'The drop is never set at zero.'

It was only after the accident that I discovered he had put a second set of the control switches inside the disintegration booth, so that he could use himself as the object of the experiment.

Then he set fire to the end of the rope, knowing that it would take about twenty minutes to burn through and for the stone to fall and cause the explosion

'We might be allowed to set a little trap.'

And far away to the west I saw flashes of trees and bushes and wooden buildings suddenly set on fire.

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