How to Use settle down in a Sentence

settle down

phrasal verb
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  • But the kids settled down, stayed the course and fought back and got in it.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • He's been single since high school but is now ready to settle down with the right girl.
    — Keryn Donnelly, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • A day or two will allow the fish to settle down, back to normal.
    — Jack Hennessy, Field & Stream, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In 2011, the couple moved to Asheville with dreams of settling down and building a restaurant.
    — Jasmine Ting, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The two settled down in Juneau, Alaska, where Charles was born a year later.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The end goal is to settle down with the love of their life, which leads the ladies to contemplate if their connections are worth the move.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • That ruined the hole for that moment, but the fish settled down by the time Pruitt got there, as demonstrated by the first big strike of the day.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2023
  • While things have settled down, Carmel is anxious — in both senses of the term — to return home.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • With every rep, the sky transforms from blue to pink to orange to fiery red before settling down to the black of night.
    — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2023
  • After three years of full-time travel, that new thing was settling down in Hawaii.
    — USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, she’s settled down and away from the spotlight in Tennessee.
    — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • The galaxy is encouraging you to take a load off and go with the flow as the Sun settles down in your 12th House of Release.
    — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • The Blue Jays then struck for two runs in the second and one in the fourth off Grayson Rodriguez, who settled down to pitch six innings of three-run ball.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The crosshairs settled down black and sharp against the bull’s broad, tan back at such an angle that the bullet would drive down through the lungs and have a chance to break the far shoulder.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • But closer Myles Caba — who earned a six-out save — settled down.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
  • The movie opens with a wedding: Mike is finally settling down.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 7 June 2024
  • Now, Cera has settled down with his wife, Nadine, who he is rumored to have known for almost a decade.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 20 July 2023
  • As of this writing — more than two hours after orders went live — things seem to be settling down.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Graham gave a 57-yard pass in the first quarter, but settled down and played better thereafter.
    — cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Cornett allowed two runs over the first two innings, but settled down as the game progressed.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2023
  • The eVTOL hovers before settling down 200 feet or so away from me.
    — Marc Wortman, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Earps appeared to signal to her teammates to settle down.
    — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • With the second half of the Paramount Network's final season yet to film, things don't seem to be settling down any time soon.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 June 2023
  • But the Aztecs settled down and started feeding LeDee, and an 11-0 run had Viejas roaring.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Marcus, who's been in love before, is ready to settle down and start a family.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2024
  • Quintana settled down and held Colorado scoreless over the next three innings while the offense managed to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth.
    — Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
  • Summer is often thought of as the time for meeting new people, and fall and winter are for settling down.
    — Myisha Battle, TIME, 30 June 2024
  • Pyles said her system worked, getting the neighbors to notice and settle down.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Game ball: Alford, who settled down after going 0-for-3 in his first three attempts through the air.
    — Bobby Mathews | Preps@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In the early days of her 17-year run on Castle, Katic also made references to both maintaining her private life and settling down.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024

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