settling
Example Sentences
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It got all the way to the five-yard line in overtime, but failed to punch in, settling for a field goal that would spell its demise.
From Los Angeles Times
“October’s data show the housing market settling into a much slower gear” said Nicholas Godec at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
He returned this year, settling in his cousin’s stone house after nearly a decade in exile in the north and in Istanbul.
"Interestingly, instead of the traditional 'Bank of Mum and Dad' helping with a first home deposit, families are now supporting children with the costs of emigration and settling abroad."
From BBC
The roar was one of both relief and joy for a player who is finally settling into life on Merseyside.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
