How to Use settle down in a Sentence

settle down

phrasal verb

• 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 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2023
• The teacher turned up the volume of a months-of-the-year song and children were told to settle down on the carpet, but some roamed the classroom; others fidgeted.
  — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• San Marino kept its run going in the opening set but the momentum shifted in the second set and Sage Hill settled down and tied the match.
  — David Delgado, Orange County Register, 11 May 2024
• The bees should settle down in a few months as temperatures start to fall below 55 degrees.
  — oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• The relationship grew stronger as the years went on, and the high school sweethearts married in 2018 before settling down in Chaska.
  — Alex Malm, Twin Cities, 29 Feb. 2024
• Irvin struggled in his first two frames, allowing a run in each, before settling down to pitch five innings of two-run ball.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
• Sam is ready to settle down and dreams of having a destination wedding very soon.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
• At least consider the benefits of settling down and taking a break from blazing a trail.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024