SETTLE in a Sentence
Learn SETTLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
282 example sentences for SETTLE, such as:
1. I'm not ready to settle down yet.
2. A fly kept trying to settle on his face.
3. There is pressure on the unions to settle.
4. But the ways and means were still to settle.
5. The company has agreed to settle out of court.
2. A fly kept trying to settle on his face.
3. There is pressure on the unions to settle.
4. But the ways and means were still to settle.
5. The company has agreed to settle out of court.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SETTLE
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settle
v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
v. establish or develop as a residence
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Call for me here at noon to-morrow, and we'll go together and settle everything," he answered.
2 That done, we gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3 As if the play had jerked the ball out of the cup; as if what I call myself was still floating unattached, and didn't settle.
4 She gave them ten seconds to settle their faces.
5 And now," said he, "to settle what remains.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6 By means of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, settle everything somehow, and never wonder.
7 I shall settle it for them both," replied Front-de-Boeuf; "they shall hang on the same gallows, unless his master and this boar of Coningsburgh will pay well for their lives.
8 But the ways and means were still to settle.
9 Birthright and habit must settle the business.
10 I am an advocate for early marriages, where there are means in proportion, and would have every young man, with a sufficient income, settle as soon after four-and-twenty as he can.
11 One beautiful evening, when the first shades of twilight were beginning to settle upon the earth, Oliver sat at this window, intent upon his books.
12 Whoever suffered inconvenience, she must suffer none, but it occupied a little time to settle the point of civility between the other two.
13 I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.
14 At the other side of the chimney stood the settle, which is the necessary supplement to a fire so open that nothing less than a strong breeze will carry up the smoke.
15 Outside the settle candles gutter, locks of hair wave, young women shiver, and old men sneeze.
Example Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1 Not until this turbulent region can shuffle off the burdens of the past will it be able to settle peacefully into the community of nations.
2 You can't settle every argument by duking it out.
3 David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
4 The ancient way to settle a quarrel was to choose a leader from each side and let them fight it out.
5 The company has agreed to settle out of court.
6 Lack of discipline at home meant that many pupils found it difficult to settle in to the ordered environment of the school.
7 One day I'll want to settle down and have a family.
8 A fly kept trying to settle on his face.
9 Ideally we would settle the matter now, but I think we should hang fire until the general situation becomes clearer.
10 The heavy rain might settle the changeable weather.
11 Being on sea, sail; being on land, settle.
12 The dentist told her patient to settle back in the chair.
13 There is pressure on the unions to settle.
14 I'm not ready to settle down yet.
15 Tomorrow's vote is unlikely to settle the question of who will replace their leader.