They settled down in groups, not talking much, but with the air of men agreed upon their business.

I'll have to give up all those college plans and settle down in the business world.

Finally the site settled down in mid-2002 at its current home.

He settled down in a house hard by the church.

It was only recently that people really started to settle down in the area.

Then, when the first year had passed, he thought perhaps things would settle down in the second.

We heard them settling down in the next room which until then had been empty.

When he returned, we settled down in the living room.

With my mother we settled down in the back row.

As she settles down in the house, the other family members begin to like her.