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Example sentences for "settled down"

  • Then he made up his mind to leave London, and all the excitements of a life for which he was not fit, and after a few changes here and there he settled down to a peaceful life with a clergyman and his wife, named Unwin.

  • He settled down, therefore, at Liege in Belgium.

  • So now he settled down quietly to his new life, and in a very short time became a famous and learned lawyer.

  • When Ernest came to London he intended doing a good deal of house-to-house visiting, but Pryer had talked him out of this even before he settled down in his new and strangely-chosen apartments.

  • I settled down for a long wait with the rifle resting on my knees, confidently expecting that when the time came to move would get up slowly, stretch himself, and have a good look round.

  • We travelled through Paris and a lot of other places, stopping at most of them, for I was still rather weak, and the mater was fussy about my overdoing it till we settled down at Sorrento.

  • So, ordering him to wake his mules up and drive quick, for the January afternoon was getting on, I settled down thoroughly to enjoy the ride home.

  • After a long course of travel he settled down at Madrid, in the house of the American consul, Rich.

  • Here he settled down to the writing of his "French Revolution," which appeared in 1837.

  • Quarrelling with the mate, whom he beat, he deserted his ship and went to live ashore with the negroes, one of whom he married, with whom he settled down.

  • He afterwards sold his vessels and went with his share of the plunder to England, where he settled down.

  • Misson, giving Tew an equal share of his gold and diamonds, sailed away, while Tew managed to return to Rhode Island in New England, where he settled down for a while.

  • But he'll be back in London soon, and I'll let you know the moment I know he's settled down.

  • She disappeared into a glass-house built across a corner of her garden, and he settled down to read the long newspaper columns.

  • While her real home was in Florence, she often travelled, and during the War she had settled down in Paris, giving many hours of each day to one of the British hospitals there.

  • It was a treat to be out of the glare of the baking sun, so I sat down on the bank underneath the bridge and settled down in earnest to a sumptuous dinner.

  • No sooner was I settled down in a good steaming hot bath (oh, joy untold!

  • She would go to England, and there live quietly until things settled down.

  • The inn, grumbling at its broken rest, settled down to sleep again.

  • He went back to the Palace, and finding that the governess still had a headache, settled down to the burnt-wood frame.

  • When he finally quit the game he settled down in business at Rochester, where he was still living the last I heard of him.

  • He then managed the Rockford team in the Illinois State League, after which he settled down as a billiard-room keeper, in which business he is still engaged.

  • With that first game my nervousness all passed away, and I settled down to play a steady game, which I did all through the season.

  • So I just pass it on to you, now that you've settled down at Riff too.

  • In their opinion, Annette had now "settled down," and each aunt was secretly of opinion that her niece's existence was supported by copious draughts from the deep wells of her own wisdom and experience.

  • Too deeply chagrined to see any humour in the situation, I settled down in a Pullman seat and went over and over again the event of that afternoon until the train reached the city.

  • Stephen sighed as he settled down to his work.

  • He usually lived on one until he was able to sell it at a good profit over his investment; so he settled down in the Turner house, and kept old Ike because he worked for little or nothing.

  • He was for talking it all over then and there and settled down on a soft bunch of lilacs, and fell to smoking fog and chattering.

  • He settled down into a chair with the air of a man who intends to make himself at home, and began to fill his pipe.

  • Mr. Johnson, with the composed mien and even pulse of a man who is used to dangers, settled down to wait.

  • He was Mr. Endacott's partner out somewhere in foreign parts, and he settled down here in a mischievous kind of way to make trouble and disturbance amongst his betters.

  • After his marriage he quit running on the river, settled down at Shippingsport and went to fishing for a living.

  • He quit the camp, settled down at Bowling Green, and opened a grocery and restaurant, doing a very prosperous business.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    added unto; cattle station; coarse linen; conflict between; considerable influence; each individual; eyes upon; first husband; forward pass; general pardon; hands and; intimate friends; like fire; nine inches; quiet tone; settled back; settled down; settled himself; settled right; shall understand; then serve; thin crust; three eggs; various periods; water colours