How to Use settle in a Sentence

settle

1 of 2 verb

• He always thought he'd leave the city and settle in the country.
• We need to settle this question once and for all.
• The two sides have settled their differences.
• They were determined to settle the dispute before going home for the day.
• That settles it. I can't take the day off from work, so I'm not going.
• His grandparents were immigrants from Germany who settled in Pennsylvania.
• Let’s settle this once and for all.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
• Step back, rest and let the dust settle.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
• Write it down, step back from noise, and let the truth settle.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
• New York had to settle for the field goal.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
• Should Roundup users sue or settle?
  — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
• That dispute was settled out of court this week.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
• For the bones that will settle into my shape.
  — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
• Open your heart so that wisdom can settle in for good!
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
• Why does cancer rarely settle in the heart?
  — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 24 Apr. 2026
• See how things look after the dust settles.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
• Hill has agreed to settle for an undisclosed amount.
  — Joan Murray, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
• Overnight lows should settle in the low to mid-30s.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
• And many lawyers resigned in protest from the firms that settled.
  — Fabio Bertoni, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
• Why would anybody settle for white or brown?
  — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
• Find that nook in the lodge that’s cozy and has a view of the slopes and settle in.
  — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026
• This could be settled in five minutes.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
• There are, of course, good reasons to settle.
  — Kai Liekefett, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Since then, though, Ehlers has settled in and found his groove.
  — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
• The lawsuit was settled out of court.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
• But the game was pretty much settled.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
• Joan asked, settling in beside them with a glass of white wine.
  — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
• Give the insight room to settle.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
• Who first settled in Grand Blanc?
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
• That debate is far from settled.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026

settle

2 of 2 noun

• Home is where all of that settles.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 21 Jan. 2026
• Just make sure to not cash out before your bet settles.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
• Or in the way his feet shuffle and settle.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
• The cold settles in early and stays locked over the area.
  — Justin Lewis, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
• My body goes numb in the cold water and a sense of calm settles in.
  — David Schechter, Haley Rush, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
• So, once the oil market settles, the rip will be sold and oil will come back down.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
• High pressure settles in for the night with lows back in the bone-chilling teens.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2018
• The site will evolve with new features as days and weeks of the new normal settle in.
  — Stacy Sullivan, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2020
• Paula waves off a call from Geri about next steps and settles in to make guacamole.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 24 June 2026
• Snow settles and wooden chalets suspend in time.
  — Victoria Bousis, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
• Bitter cold settles in early next week.
  — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
• Behind it, cooler air settles in for the second half of the week.
  — Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
• When a lawsuit settles, the money can be sent to the plaintiff or his lawyer.
  — Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• The storm arrives as a prolonged stretch of cold settles over the region.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2026
• Log houses this heavy settle in their early years, Olinyk said.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
• This will be the warmest day of the week as the cooler air settles in behind the cold front.
  — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
• Lifted out, a smooth, thin layer of paper settles on the wire, ready to dry.
  — Anna Hartley, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
• The thinking that once made the work sharp settles into routine.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Plus, when river flows are weak, more sediment settles on the riverbed.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• This is a quality goal — off a corner kick, weird touch, settle, goal.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 May 2021
• In the kitchen, airborne grease settles on surfaces and, over time, attracts dust.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
• Durant loves to pull up after letting his last dribble settle in his left hand.
  — cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
• This isn’t one of those glamorous tours that stops in only the biggest cities and settles in for weeks at a time.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• As the stellar dust settles, the remains include a neutron star or a black hole.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 29 May 2019
• Things clear out by sunset and beyond as a much drier and cooler air mass settles in overnight.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 24 June 2018
• Brinton said her group of property owners will be among the first settle.
  — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 24 Jan. 2020
• Winds should taper off a bit as high pressure settles in, so that's a positive.
  — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
• Tap the container on the tabletop to help the potting mix settle.
  — Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
• If sustained through the day, that level would mark the lowest settle in 10 months.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
• The total depth should be 2 to 3 inches after the mulch settles.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025