settled upon
Example Sentences
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Getting past my partner, who was fast asleep in an easy chair, I settled upon my task.
From Salon • May 27, 2023
It is unlikely that a site for a UK GDF will be settled upon for at least another 15 years.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2022
Castex told TF1 television that the major steps taken to tackle fourth wave of infections in the country have been settled upon by a cabinet meeting of the government.
From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2021
It shattered the bubble of normalcy that had settled upon the N.B.A. and its fans, who watched happily from home as a pandemic and protests raged.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2020
After the first burst of energy, the moving in of the machines, the digging of tunnels and rooms—after that was done, a feeling of discontent settled upon us like some creeping disease.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
