How to Use set down in a Sentence

set down

verb
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  • The rain had eased by the time we were set down at the turn.
    — Esther Freud, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021
  • If the past policies set down by the School Board worked, why hasn’t this changed?
    — Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Jostling for hours through the night, Cody’s helicopter set down in Afghanistan at 3:45 a.m.
    — Thomas Curwen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Alias is a special occasion from the moment the first gift from the chef is set down.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • One is the helicopter which can be set down in small areas.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Eventually, Finger found a way to set down, and his men yanked the poles from the sand and threw them aside.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The République en Marche failed to set down the sort of local roots that might have allowed word of growing anger at the base to filter up to the top.
    — Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
  • Stewart set down the basket of balls and selected a club.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The shallow tray is a convenient place to set down your watch, wallet, or spare change.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Keep in Mind: The vacuum is top-heavy and will fall over if not set down properly.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Ensure guests have a spot to kick off their shoes, hang up coats, and set down packages or purses inside the door.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2021
  • So why didn't the show set down some cameras and film this genre-bending masterpiece?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Several people came by to set down flowers next to the cross, while others took a knee to pray.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Soul & Surf, which started off as a pop-up camp, had already set down roots on its current site.
    — Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • This overlay shows that all the prints were set down within a few hours before the mud completely dried.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Heads turn, wine glasses are set down, and disbelief settles across the room.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • What happens on the trip sets down some of Sam’s path as an adult in ways that feel both heartbreaking and necessary.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Tom Ridge set down his gardening tools and followed the state troopers inside his home on a cul-de-sac in Erie, Pa.
    — Mike Levine, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2021
  • According to the law set down in Deuteronomy, the woman is to be sentenced to death by stoning.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
  • Think of them as akin to video game cut scenes — that is, cinematic instances in which players can set down the controller.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • This follows the convention set down by the Air Force with its airmen name, but includes a female version from the get-go.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2020
  • When deputies arrived, the suspect set down the gun and surrendered, officials have said.
    — Kelly McCleary and Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Um, sometimes were worrying if the sun will not set down on Florida and would be a more darker state.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Then it would be lifted onto the runway and set down on its landing gear, which is still in good condition.
    — CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • He was taken outside the home still bound in what the county describes as maximum restraints and set down on the driveway.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Evangeline Lilly is setting down her Wasp stingers — at least for now.
    — EW.com, 4 June 2024
  • The phone that recorded the video seemed to have been set down purposefully to capture the scene in the cramped cabin as smoke collects at first along the ceiling and then begins to fill the room.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The companion album doesn’t feel essential in the same way, at least not the original 1984 LP, for which the questionable choice was made to trim the set down to nine songs.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 May 2024
  • Although Baker is from the state, his parents weren’t able to attend Friday, but their son set down the Rays’ two through four hitters in order.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2022
  • That included the Australian Open final earlier this year, when Sinner won his first grand slam title after coming back from two sets down.
    — Jill Martin, CNN, 9 July 2024

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