6 sentences with 'setting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word setting and other words derived from it.
• « Historians sometimes refer to the period between about 1000 and 1300 CE as the 'high' Middle Ages to emphasise its dynamism, creativity and importance in setting the stage for subsequent historical developments. »
• « Similarly, the English novelist Charles Dickens used the grim reality of cities like Manchester as the inspiration and setting for his novels such as Hard Times and Oliver Twist. »
• « It is tempting to see these years, especially the interwar period between 1918 and 1939, as nothing more than the setting for the Second World War, but a more accurate picture reveals them to be much more than a mere prequel. »
• « We laughed at our ineptitude at setting up a new and complicated tent in the middle of a gale. But we did it at last, in the pouring rain, although the equipment looked nothing like the impeccably taut tent in the mail order catalogue. »
• « North stated that Casey had instructed him to work with Secord and set up "the company", and that he agreed to Secord and Hakim setting their own commissions. If true, Abrams notes, this would contrast with the rest of his record as CIA director. Casey organised covert operations around the world, but "there is no evidence of anything like this in Angola, Afghanistan, or anywhere else". »
• « The most important setting for the film was Stephen Hawking's office, which was painstakingly reproduced down to the last detail, including the enormous photograph of Marilyn Monroe. »