set in

VERB
  1. become established
    winter has set in
  2. enter a particular state
    Laziness set in
    After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in
  3. blow toward the shore
    That gale could set in on us with the next high tide
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How To Use set in In A Sentence

  • This done the tournette is set into motion, and when the film is equalized, which is done in a moment, the plate is detached, placed on a leveled stand and slowly dried with the spirit lamp. Photographic Reproduction Processes
  • It continues as an usual inland resort set in woodland of silver birches, rhododendrons and conifers.
  • The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
  • I. wore ear-rings of emeralds set in gold filigrane. The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • The DVD set includes unaired, unrated stand-up sketches. TV on DVD
  • A similar problem came up yesterday in reading a Boris Akunin story called Strast' i dolg Passion and duty, set in an alternate Russia which has revived tsardom, along with its Table of Ranks and all the rest of the imperial paraphernalia. Languagehat.com: TRANSLATION PROBLEMS.
  • Unfortunately, the anger was short-lived and a teensy bit of paranoia set in.
  • But they made the steering wheel feel as though it had been set in concrete. Times, Sunday Times
  • The fully tiled en suite bathroom includes an electric shower, wash basin set in a ceramic storage unit and a toilet.
  • The data set included sequences of genes from mammals, birds, amphibians, coelacanths, lungfishes, ray-finned fishes, and cartilaginous fishes.
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