How To Use Settled In A Sentence

The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight, and settled down for a couple of hours sleep.
I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight, and settled down for a couple of hours sleep.
He discussions certain sparsely settled areas (the Highlands of Scotland, for example) as requiring less division of labor than more densely settled areas, and argues that this will slow down the development of manufacture, which makes a great deal of sense. A Bland and Deadly Courtesy

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An hour later, a broomstick settled gently on the lawn.
The pet shop clerk had been helpful, showing him an assortment of mice and guinea pigs and even a pair of canaries, but in the end, Enoch had settled on the brown-and-white hamster.
There followed seventeen years of sectarian vagabondage: founded in 1830, the sect settled in Kirtland, Ohio, Jackson, Missouri, and Nauvoo, Illinois, reaching Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah, in 1847.
It was settled when incoming workers agreed to work permanent night shifts.
His quiet voice was commanding and proved effective as the pair settled down.
Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
The closely-packed _mitraille_ tore the icy crust into powder, fifty yards beyond the doomed bird, which settled, throbbing with a mortal tremor, upon the ice, shot through the head. Adrift in the Ice-Fields
I settled onto the sand of the now gently sloping reef.
It is arguably too tight now, making the car seem unsettled on small bumps and unpleasant on larger ones. Times, Sunday Times
A bird settled on his palm.
Using 40 players has not helped and the change of manager unsettled the team. Times, Sunday Times
His gaze settled on her face.
Last year it settled charges that it illegally billed excessive fees and violated consumer protection regulations.
In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
Some redistricting after the 1990 census was not settled until 1996, he said. Houston Chronicle
Co-star Steve McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell, settled for a bomber jacket with blue jeans.
I give more credit to the nameless women who settled the frontier and thus earned the right to vote in western states.
Not surprisingly, Metung attracted a number of distinguished early holiday-makers, some of whom settled there permanently, including the explorer and mineralogist Dr. Alfred Howitt; His Honour Judge John Burnett Box; and John King, the second son of Rear Admiral Philip Parker King. Archive 2009-01-01
Children often feel unsettled if their parents divorce.
The crow remained still until it suddenly beat its wings but soon settled again watching Ari closely.
She settled the blanket around her knees.
He looked around the garden which was familiar to him from photographs and films from the initial stages of landscaping and even prior to that, when the Saadhu first settled down here in the uncleared jungle.
The case was settled out of court two weeks ago. Times, Sunday Times
The weather will remain unsettled for the rest of the week. Times, Sunday Times
When I mentioned that I couldn't quite see that it was the lack of thrift, the intemperance, and the depravity of a half-starved child of six that made it work twelve hours every night in a Southern cotton mill, these sisters of Judy O'Grady attacked my private life and called me an "agitator" -- as though that, forsooth, settled the argument. Revolution, and Other Essays
They settled in metropolitan areas including Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, and formed organized ethnic enclaves throughout the nation.
Using 40 players has not helped and the change of manager unsettled the team. Times, Sunday Times
A large number of those who migrated across the new border to India were resettled in Delhi.
Dr Owen might have added, I suppose, that a necessary interest in the private lives of public figures was a feature even of powerful monarchies, where wedding-night consummation was a dynastic issue to be settled with the production of the kind of gloopy evidence now entertaining audiences for forensic science TV shows such as Top stories from Times Online
dust settled on the roofs
What is more worrying is that many legal and ethical issues are yet to be settled, eg should autonomous cars continue to have a driver? Times, Sunday Times
Slowly I settled against him and I listened to his breathing; it was raspy and every once in a while he would cough, but he still held me tight.
Yet, with this effort falling flat, somehow I feel like life has settled into a loose conjunction with all things kismet, karma, and generally astrologically-aligned.
She circled back and settled gracefully to earth at the spot where the trampling began. A Time of War
Sullenly, Andrea settled down into her seat and grumbled something incoherent.
Under each there were a number of public offices, called bureaux, where business was prepared, and where the smaller matters were practically settled. The Eve of the French Revolution
We are settled in our couch potato ways. Times, Sunday Times
His films do not pander to escapism or to the audiences settled expectations about entertainment.
He settled in Baltimore and was appointed to the collectorship of the port, by the Governor of the State, the duties of which he discharged with the same exemplary fidelity which had attended his military career. A sketch of the life and services of Gen. Otho Holland Williams Read before the Maryland historical society, on Thursday evening, March 6, 1851
Man who has a settled purpose will surely succeed.
Public opinion in March, 1861, was so unsettled, the popular mind so impressible, that a spirit of discontent soon began to spread over the loyal States on the part of those who had hoped for what they termed a vigorous administration. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
Lai let her hand rest on his chest and almost out of reflex he let his hand rest on hers, gripping it lightly as he shifted and settled more relaxedly in her grasp.
Man who has a settled purpose will surely succeed.
Dale received all the attention and accolades, and Link settled for a few extra bucks on his royalty checks.
Connel placed the spool of tape in the audiograph and settled in a chair to listen. Danger in Deep Space
That brief confrontation with Luke Calder had unsettled her far more than the incident in the garage, if she was honest.
He had been accepted to a good college somewhere in Florida and would be leaving in a few short months to get settled into a dorm.
Agrippa, and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him, osculantes obsecrarent ne id quod natura cogeret, ipse acceleraret, not to offer violence to himself, with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it: and so constantly died, precesque eorum taciturna sua obstinatione depressit. Anatomy of Melancholy
ASSOCIATED PRESS Daniel 'Rudy' Ruettiger, pictured in 2005, whose experience as a Notre Dame football walk-on inspired the movie, settled SEC allegations that he took part in a pump-and-dump stock scheme. SEC Tackles 'Rudy' in Fraud Case
He settled for a pack of cheese crackers with peanut butter inside.
A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception.
Once she's changed into the hospital gown and settled in the bed, we're allowed to sit with her until it's time for the operation.
The area was resettled in the latter half of the century.
Control over the distribution of cocaine has been settled in the hillside slum communities.
It's time you settled your differences with your father.
Beyond the horse paddock, a troop of capybaras, pig-size aquatic rodents, emerged from the tree line and settled serenely into a wallow.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little. George Carlin
The relation of the lord to the vassals had originally been settled by express engagement, and a person wishing to engraft himself on the brotherhood by _commendation_ or _infeudation_ came to a distinct understanding as to the conditions on which he was to be admitted. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
It is essential that sustainable agriculture be developed in the areas already deforested and settled.
Now the silence settled over the garden was thick and heavy, a stark contrast to the chirping and tweeting he was so accustomed to.
They were settled into a den in the ape and monkey pavilion, which will be their quarters during six months of quarantine. Times, Sunday Times
Settled couples agree on new goals for the partnership and feel really close again. The Sun
The exposure and _depluming_ (to borrow a good word from the fine old rhetorician, Fuller,) of the leading 'humbugs' of the age -- _that_ was announced as the regular business of the journal: and the only question which remained to be settled was, the more or less of the degree; and also one other question, even more interesting still, viz. -- whether personal abuse were intermingled with literary. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
He settled back, shut his eyes, began to mutter.
As things stood at the beginning of 1990, Mrs Adam's life was reasonably settled and happy, taking into account her age and physical infirmity.
The western Great plains was largely settled at this time, and yield rich harvests of wheat.
It shall be no offence for you to divorce your wives before the marriage is consummated or the dowry is settled.
Wrestling now with conflicting emotions, she settled for anger. A WORM OF DOUBT
Natural theology settled philosophical foundation of modern science in the aspects as ontology, epistemology, methodology. Actually it is "prior science" of modern science.
He played it as he shaped it: the last low string whose reverberations set his own sword belling in anguish and shattered every other weapon inside and out of the halt Silence settled like old dust over the room. Harpist in the Wind
By the time we settled into our beachside abode, I was in great danger of gnawing my own arm off with hunger.
The locale was initial settled around 1740 by Moravian missionaries to a native Mahican village of Shekomeko. Archive 2009-11-01
The corporate bond market remains unsettled, with junk spreads widening again this week.
When it is finally settled, the Marshall estate may be worth no more than $100,000.
Mark Fairfield, an outvoter, who, though a Lansmere freeman, had settled in Hazeldean, where he had obtained the situation of head carpenter on the squire's estate. My Novel — Volume 01
This matter settled, I strolled back to the pipul tree beside the tank, thinking that it might be useful to pick up the remarks of the loiterers. Tales of Destiny
Several points remain to be settled.
For this island whereon ye stand is no true island, but a great fish stationary a-middlemost of the sea, whereon the sand hath settled and trees have sprung up of old time, so that it is become like unto an island; 8 but, when ye lighted fires on it, it felt the heat and moved; and in a moment it will sink with you into the sea and ye will all be drowned. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
They journeyed back to Bombay for their wedding and later settled in Bridgewater, NJ.
The legal rules are unsettled, and will cause some confusion with the advent of satellite television.
The boys, Kevin and Fred, both predictable to a tee, settled for the Chicken Tikka Masala.
In the event of a misdeal, an irregular distribution of the cards, or the exposure of a card during the dealing, the dealer is looed -- the amount of the loo in this, and most [24] other cases of penalty prior to the commencement of the playing of the cards being the same as settled for a single loo -- and he immediately places the amount in the pool. Round Games with Cards A Practical Treatise on All the Most Popular Games, with Their Different Variations, and Hints for Their Practice
But by far the most important question to be settled this week was exactly how wide should a toast soldier be?
These filters are normally used to clarify the products of settled grape juice or wine, such as lees after crushing, pressing, and settling, and the residue of finings such as bentonite.
Whereas John had worked outside settled areas, Jesus went from town to town, village to village, usually preaching in synagogues on the sabbath.
So, with a strong sense of camaraderie and purpose, the French were ready and settled in preparation for the battles ahead.
Now, Philip, we'd like to hear about your shrub money and then we'll have time to see Jack's coldframe plans, before club time is over," at which Jay settled back in his chair as if club work was a strain on a fellow after all. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
It comes just days after the warring parents finally settled their custody battle. The Sun
Generous with encouragement for preservation, the Colonial Office was stingy with funds to pay for policing vast unsettled areas.
However, with all the turmoil we've been experiencing in the past two months, the moving around and general unsettled life we've been leading we never quite managed the first schedule, let alone the second.
They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership. The Prince of India — Volume 02
Sivagnanam wonders if our patients settled because of the residual effect of the previously administered high dose colchicine that we had stopped; we only reintroduced colchicine, however, if the gout was not settling or was worsening.
Andy hopped up on the table for a minute, stared at her, then slapped Mia across the chops, drove her out of the seat, and settled in her place.
He had passed an unsettled life in continued exile up to his eightieth year; having been harassed with many contumelies and injuries, he had endured with difficulty a miserable and anxious existence, in continual trepidation; famine had driven him out of the land whither he had gone, by the command and under the auspices of God, into Egypt. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1
Many of them have settled in the new ryotwari villages in Nimar as Government tenants. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
He vagabonded his way to Paris and immediately settled into a bohemian life.
Things are very politically unsettled at the moment.
After sifting through a mountain of words, the author has settled on 1,500 meanings that reflect the ever-changing world of lexicography.
The jet stream took a more southerly track again last week and low pressure brought unsettled weather. Times, Sunday Times
They are now settled in La Habra, Calif., with two young children. More Marriages Cross Race, Ethnicity Lines
The scoreboard had already shown that Denver had won their match over Miami 7-3, and this had settled the Woodpushers into last place for the rest of the year.
We seem to visit and revisit places for the reasons the original inhabitants settled there.
We settled for a lower price
Sierra LeoneEnglish (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) Languages
the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty
Although they were originally nomads, most Uzbeks have been settled for more than three hundred years.
Whereas historically the Kyrgyz were nomadic herders, Uzbeks were settled farmers.
When the war was over, I became a chartered surveyor and settled down to normality. Times, Sunday Times
It settled to the ground with a soft susurration like stirring leaves.
It was carved by my great-grandfather and came to me unrequested, a bargained token in the frantic last minute horse-trading as my parents' divorce was settled.
Enlarged by many newly readmitted members who had held aloof from the act of regicide, it settled into a more prolonged and conservative regime than the army had ever envisaged.
She settled herself on the carpet and the fine cotton was stacked beside her.
I knew it would be a battle and a scrap but we have won 2-0 and I would have settled for that before the game.
Once the enemy has settled in and established their borders, they will begin to look for us.
Settled couples agree on the way forward for a relationship. The Sun
She studied with Preobrajenska as a child in Paris, where her parents settled after emigrating from Russia.
We divorced and things have settled down. The Sun
We have settled who will pay for the meal.
There remained various issues that lay beneath the smiles of the newly named Zimbabweans, unsettled problems that were left to fester deep in the hearts of many in the country.
The servants of Chaos were hunted down in the forests, and many wild and long-abandoned lands were re-settled.
His gaze settled upon her like a knife at her throat, his steps unfaltering. Earl of Durkness
Wadiyar also pointed out that additional changes will be made once the legal dispute is settled.
In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
She noisily chewed on her gum, stomping to the seat adjacent to mine, not bothering to reply until she'd settled comfortably with said boots crossed upon the desk.
After King Charles VIII's ill-starred invasion of Italy, survivors of his guard settled in a remote village in the north of the peninsula where, to this day, the inhabitants wear tartan.
I have the same sort of vision of the early 'English' in Britain as you, a mixture of people speaking various sorts of Germanic, who had settled at various times spanning a couple of centuries at least and for various reasons, including retired Roman soldiers, traders, federates, independents etc. Lord of Silver, by Alan Fisk. Book review
The family now had branches firmly settled in Michigan and Massachusetts.
There they settled in Bethlehem and established his and hers monastic houses.
The "bushmen" -- as the men who have bought twenty-acre sections and settled in the bush are called -- had scattered English grass-seed all over the rich leafy mould, and the ground was covered with bright green grass, kept short and thick by a few tame goats browsing about. Station Life in New Zealand
He settled back in the rear of the taxi.
The executive jet settled on its main wheels and braked sharply as the thrust-reverse and spoilers were deployed.
Some of my Irish friends had not yet settled, and I asked one of them if he would be good enough to take my money and get me a ticket when he was getting one for himself, and he quickly replied "yes sir, I will get you a tacket. Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
The couple offered no defence and have settled for an undisclosed sum. Times, Sunday Times
Annie has been asked to take care of her grand-niece and grand-nephew for the summer because their parents are moving to London and need time to get themselves settled.
Strands of her black hair swayed in the wind and the rest settled just under her neck.
The capital of Northern Ireland was settled in the early 17c with planters mainly from England.
As one reluctant boy settled down, he said, ‘Mommy, you know one day I'm going to walk on the moon.’
The new minister is openly defending the interests of the Pashtun society and believes that the external fighting being waged from the border areas and Afghanistan can be settled through traditional "jirga" (negotiations) that bring together the government, elders and clerics and civil society. Pakistan Shifts the War on Terrorism
A city of southwest Maine on an arm of the Gulf of Maine south of Lewiston. Settled c.
In the end, due to the meagerness of both our resources and our carpentry skills, we settled on a balance constructed of wood and a precariously balanced wire hanger.
‘I tried curry combs, cat brushes and Velcro but finally settled on a simple 4-inch square of carpet with a few small tacks sticking through it,’ he says.
He was unsettled by the reaction to his initial internal inquiries about the legality of the flexible underfloor system on the new Ferrari. Times, Sunday Times
During the 12th and 11th centuries BCE, Thracians settled not only on the peninsular mainland and the Mediterranean islands, but also moved south-eastwards into Asia Minor.
After a scrappy start, both teams settled down with York producing a series of incisive moves, all of which collapsed either at the whistle of the referee or their own indiscretions.
French Creoles dominated Louisiana, even after Spain officially took over the colony in the mid-eighteenth century and some Spanish settled there.
Still the angle was unfavourable, but an adroit flick of his right foot settled the issue. Times, Sunday Times
The phonetic form and spelling and the derivation are alike unsettled, the uncertainty of the latter involving that of the former.
On 27th June 1665 he left London to escape the Great Plague and settled at Hersham, having been appointed churchwarden at the parish church of Walton-upon-Thames.
It might have been the Japanese frame of mind we were in, but we settled on the slow-cooked Japanese style salmon, which Hugh assured us could be prepared with whole mackerel, trout, sea bass, or scad as well. Archive 2009-04-01
He paraded them around the Dive Zone, and the argument was settled without the need for invasions or full nelsons.
The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment .
Added to this is a general feeling of economic uncertainty - with military action looming and Wall Street unsettled, Americans are adopting a cautious view towards non-essential spending.
Tucson was first settled as a walled presidio
But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship.
We have no information as to what proportion of cases were decided and what proportion were settled.
nomads...absorbed among the settled people
Piney-woods people" was the local name for the tackies, the clay eaters, the no-accounts, that had settled about on the poorer lands in that section of Georgia, and given themselves over to thriftlessness for good and all. Stories Of Georgia
I fell in love immediately and since there was no parfum extrait available back than I insisted on purchasing fragrances only in parfum extrait, I settled on the Eau de Parfum. Femme is Two Women (at the least)
Yes, the science on diet is far from settled and orthodoxy should be challenged. Times, Sunday Times
As the alpenglow died and darkness tightened, they settled by their haul bags on the dirt beneath an overhang. The Wall
Oil prices then settled back to $ 17. 15 per barrel.
Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them.
An urgent and then melancholy opening was unsettled by dark bass trills and a menacing fugal theme, only to be undone by the second movement's disarming simplicity. Pianist Till Fellner ends Beethoven sonata cycle with restrained refinement
Reaching over her opposite shoulder, Ali drew the sword that was strapped there, flicking her wrist to scatter the drops of moisture that had settled on the metal surface.
The sweeping rise and fall of the melody settled softly into her mind.
The wooden frame creaked and settled as she sank down into the middle of the bowl.
They shuffled some more and looked about, uneasy, unsettled, on edge.
In between gardening sessions, and after lunch, the whole establishment settled down in various places for a light afternoon snooze.
But the life of a small-town solicitor, absorbed by matters of conveyancing and probate, settled on Henry Beard an even greater tranquillity.
Three scrolls, eight parchments, and a book occupied the table when the dust settled.
They settled down in the countryside to steel their wills.
In the seaside suburb of St Kilda, you'll find fantastic patisseries still owned by descendants of the original Jewish families who settled there.
He said that we of the South had descended from the royal and aristocratic blood of the Huguenots of France, and of the cavaliers of England, etc.; but that the Yankees were the descendents of the crop-eared Puritans and witch burners, who came over in the Mayflower, and settled at Plymouth Rock. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
After surviving all that, a kind of blissed-out surety had settled over him-of course Roland would stump Blaine, who would then keep his part of the bargain and set them down safe and sound at his final stop (whatever passed for Topeka in this world). Wizard and Glass
Britain's unsettled political scene also worries some investors.
‘See,’ he whispered as her bra followed the path of her dress and her creamy tip-tilted breasts swayed and settled high against her slender ribcage. Mistress for a Weekend
Will the weather remain cool and unsettled in the week ahead? Times, Sunday Times
It draws on his experiences while working for a builder in Hastings, where he settled in 1902 after various wanderings.
I was charged according to my income and the amount can be settled in installments - interest free.
But behind the picture-postcard facade, residents of the rural community of Bradfield, on the outskirts of Sheffield, have become increasingly unsettled.
The matter was settled beyond dispute by the court judgment .
She settled back in bed and eagerly devoured the plain, institutional meal. WHO KILLED TIFFANY JONES?
Livia settled all things for the succession of her son Tiberius, by continual giving out, that her husband Augustus was upon recovery and amendment, and it is an usual thing with the pashas, to conceal the death of the Great Turk from the janizaries and men of war, to save the sacking of The Essays
The earthquake unsettled the rocks up the mountain.
They piled these in the shed, and Aphrodite settled herself beside them in the stifling shade. COUP D'ETAT
Once they settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder and asked the children if Santa had found them yet. Three glum faces mutely gave him his answer.
The position regarding administration orders over unregistered companies has not been finally settled by judicial decision.
After a cagey opening Ireland settled. Times, Sunday Times
Fine and settled weather in October is by no means uncommon in Scotland. Times, Sunday Times
It feels as though it settled for mediocrity rather than reaching for something a bit special. The Sun
Then they all settled down to a first-rate supper of ham, tomatoes, cheese, ripe plums and orangeade. Working Without a Net
A long-running dispute in Scotland was settled before he reached the top, with a more generous pay increase than is on offer in England and Wales.
The intellectual ferment in China settled down surprisingly quickly. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
If by midweek things look to be settled, it's only a lull in the storm. Times, Sunday Times
The Connemara ponies settled in and seemed surefooted in sharp, jumbled rocks, deep mud and steep angled inclines and declines.

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