settled

Example Sentences

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Didion’s family eventually settled in Sacramento, where several generations would tend to their roots and Didion would eventually be born.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Zverev settled quickly as Cobolli's nerves showed, using his powerful groundstrokes to devastating effect in a first set lasting only 35 minutes.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The yield on the 2-year Treasury note, which is particularly sensitive to changes in the rate outlook, settled at 4.160%, its highest level since February 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

His family moved from the Southeast part of Washington DC when Armstrong was young and later settled in a largely white neighbourhood in Maryland, where he befriended a soccer coach's son.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He was always full of good news, and great plans, about how once things had settled down, and he could get leave, he would come back and fetch me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo