set in

/sˈɛt ˈɪn/

to set in

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: set]

(of something unwelcome or unlikable) to become established or occur, often with a connotation of persistence or difficulty in changing

of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office

blow toward the shore

Examples

1. The film is set in 18th-century New England.

2. The house is set in fifty acres of parkland.

3. The novel is set in London in the 1960s.

4. The movie is set in Los Angeles in the year 2019.