The play is set in a small Midwestern town.(這出戲是以中西部的一個小城鎮為背景的。)

The wound is festering, and gangrene has set in.(傷口在化膿，繼而發生了壞疽。)

The correction had already been set in type.(校正稿已經排好版了。)

Sloth does not set in until after gluttony and avarice.(懶惰是在暴食和貪婪之后才開始的。)

The novel is set in the Roman period.(該小說的背景是羅馬時期。)

Her jaw was set in a determined manner.(她下巴緊繃著，一副決不動搖的樣子。)

Some firms have reached agreements to cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.(有些公司已達成一致意見將工人的工資削減到低于合同中規定的水平，這種做法在德國是違法的。)

Panic set in as gatecrashers tried to force their way through the narrow doors and corridors.(當不速之客們奮力擠向狹窄的門和走廊時，人們開始恐慌。)

That telephone call set in train a whole series of events.(那個電話把一整套事項安排好了。)

In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time.(在許多學校，情況正在逐步惡化，水準在不斷降低。)