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
• And from then on, Buehler settled down and turned the page.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
• Grab a cup of tea and settle down for the finest telly Britain has to offer.
  — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 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
• Spencer tried to get everyone to settle down and move on.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
• At the venue, her group settled down on the lawn and anxiously awaited for Kahan to grace the stage.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
• 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
• He’s fought in the heavyweight division and seems to have settled down as a middleweight.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Oct. 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 bassist said Stray Cats has seldom settled down, even when the band is reuniting to play its hits from decades ago.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 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
• Democrats point out that while the cost of living hit a 40-year high two years ago, it’s settled down to a 3% annual rate now.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 July 2024
• 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
• Amir: The swelling that's under the skin, that numbness, usually settles down by month three or four.
  — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 16 July 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
• But just when the heat is at its hottest, Annie implores Bruno to settle down and start a family with her.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Many are still convinced that at some point, longer-term rates will settle down enough to transmit these cuts more broadly throughout the economy.
  — Kelly Evans, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024