What is "setting in"

Usage examples of "setting in".

Now, some sort of delayed reaction was setting in, tightening his muscles, skimming up his spine.

There they pressed buttons, setting in motion all the unseeable defenses of the castle.

But, compared to any other setting in which the Rajput kinglet had ever seen his sovereign, the chamber was almost stark and bare.

He could not recall seeing such a hut that day, but evening had been setting in by then.

You are setting in motion everything necessary to bring my world back into normal space again.

A slight frost had appeared for two or three mornings about a month back, and now they were enjoying what was termed the Indian summer, which is a return of fair and rather warm weather for a short time previous to the winter setting in.

When several of Penny's other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the house.

The simple, granite-keel facts were that time was running out for both of them, and that desperation was setting in: for Piggy because he had never tried, and for Chris because nothing' he tried seemed to get him anywhere.

The simple, granite-keel facts were that time was running out for both of them, and that desperation was setting in: for Piggy because he had never tried, and for Chris because nothing he tried seemed to get him anywhere.

A ghost story, he believes, should have a familiar setting in the modem period, in order to approach closely the reader's sphere of experience.