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setting against

noun as in alienation

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Example Sentences

Thus long before the council assembled, the tide was setting against Peter Gross.

Probably we had passed the place where a tide was setting against the wind.

Our progress was so slow that I fancied there must be a current setting against us, but of this I was uncertain.

He went to see Mr. Lowington and begged him to assist in stemming the tide which was setting against the Brockway Academy.

Can't you put yourself in his place, with the evidence, such as it is, all setting against you?

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On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to set against, such as: disaffect, divide, estrange, separate, turn off, and disunite.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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