Setter

//ˈsɛt.ə//

"Setter" in a Sentence (9 examples)

Any query to the setter is required to be addressed as such (e.g., "Setter: Please check"); otherwise it will be treated as a query to the author.

The exam was so hard we assumed the question setter must have been in a bad mood.

The setter of this crossword has been known to throw us all for a loop occasionally.

In this sample, twenty of the twenty-seven fire setters received a primary or secondary diagnosis of conduct disorder, compared with only eleven of twenty-seven nonsetters.

One of the most admired and best-known crossword setters in the English language, Graham was known for his idiosyncratic style and extended anagrams.

She has a spaniel and a red setter.

The two Gordon setters came obediently to heel. Sir Oswald Feiling winced as he turned to go home. He had felt a warning twinge of lumbago.

It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.

O, 'tis our setter. I know his voice

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