And this one had settled in her house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than three hundred thousand Korean Americans have settled in and around the city. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Arturo broke the silence that had settled over us like fog. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As the echo died away in the distance, silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield,” said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, “and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

And then I settled on the books, staring at them stacked on their sides, spines out, the haphazard collection of literature that was Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Laleh and I settled in the living room—me to read The Lord of the Rings, and her to watch another Iranian soap opera. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When all the students had entered the Hall and settled down at their House tables, the staff entered, filing up to the top table and taking their seats. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He settled on the inner ash wood sill, leaning against the door jamb—cypress timber the skilled carpenter planed years ago and set up with a plumbline. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymond took a long nap in the afternoon and Bessie liked to sit in the window seat as he settled into his dreams. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Stuffing their mittens and wool caps into their pockets, they settled in conscious of their extraordinary good fortune in having escaped temporarily from the snowstorm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we set it down, the legs settled soundly into the dust so it did not wobble, as it had always done inside the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s settled. Everybody else—let’s get to the ruins. Time to crash Gaea’s party.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And after I crawled into my bed and got settled under the sheet it wasn’t easy to fall asleep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My family settled into our house in the Victor’s Village. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So she had said, 'We shall all go to the school together, and see you nicely settled in, Charles, and after that, Mr Hooper and I will be going away for a few days.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Once I’m settled, it’s hard to let go. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Most of the train’s passengers have settled into their respective cars and compartments to read or sleep or otherwise pass the journey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The light on the pearly walls was ever-shifting, ever-changing; the colors never settled on one shade, always glimmering with new potential. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I knew daylight was coming I settled down and rowed hard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, uneasiness settled over the companions as the gray shapes continued trailing them; and Melyngar, docile and obedient until now, turned skittish. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Shortly after that, he traveled west to the State of North Dakota, and he settled there and raised a family. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We settled around the kitchen table, and Wynn cleared his throat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Only until things got more settled down and she wasn’t on tour so much of the time. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I have passed the Old Took today! So that’s settled. And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey. Are you coming?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He took it from me and settled it just so on his head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Until he pictured Theresa alive; then a sense of unutterable good fortune settled over him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially statues of Our Lady. Sometimes they bathed her in wine. We settled on honey.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled her coat tighter around her and settled a kitchen chair onto the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like years before he’s settled at a table between June and Nora inside a Buckingham Palace ballroom for the reception banquet, and he’s irritated enough to be a little reckless. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I made certain Mom was settled back into the house she loved, near the great brown strand of beach that runs along the Atlantic. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clarkston was originally settled by yeoman farmers and railroad workers in the years after the Civil War. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The kind lady saw him settled on a bench against the wall, and provided by a silent serving woman with a mug of chocolatl from the saucepan on the iron stove. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be very agreeable for her to be settled within so easy a distance of her own family and friends.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They all settled down on the grass to eat the oranges, and I watched Father Amadi laugh loudly with his head thrown back, leaning to rest his elbows on the grass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fig lifted his head with barely opened eyes and then promptly settled back down to nap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next few hours, my tears hadn’t dried, nor had my stomach settled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He settled back in his well-worn sofa, reading his well-worn book, while Aunty Uju’s driver put down the brown Sony carton. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

However, things began to change after I settled in Syracuse. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the kids settled in, Isa looked out at her siblings. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Joe laughed and yelled, “Hurrah! Boy, oh boy!” and before the tree had really settled down, he was into the branches. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when I finished punishing it, I settled down for a while and went for a walk to think about what I might write for a sample. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After a couple of minutes he settled outside the Waystone, set up his sharpening wheel and began to grind a knife. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought of digging out New York clothes and putting on a puff for the boy, but I dropped that one and settled for clean chino slacks and a knitted shirt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors to Shalimar must be rare, and new blood that settled here nonexistent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled beneath the sheltering apron of a bush and let go. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But by the time I finished writing about it in my journal I had settled down. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Once we moved and had settled in, I began thinking about a job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have thought that my family, having settled among immigrants who had also been their neighbors in the ancestral land, needed to clean their name, and a wrong word would incite the kinspeople even here. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samantha nosed it, sniffed, then settled down, leaving a wet streak across his knuckles. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sweet fragrance of ripe peaches and sun-dried hay settled over us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, forty-three blue-skinned fairies with dragonfly wings fluttered into the buses and settled on the backs of the gray-patterned seats. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That settled, I reached in my back pocket for my cell phone to let Spoony know I was on my way. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, unwilling to give up the elegance he had felt on the flight, he taxied from the airport to the bus station and settled himself for two idle hours before the Greyhound left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished my hearth and home lesson, he took me out to the barn and helped me get Violet and Plug settled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid I’ve already given my blessing, so the matter is settled.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at the contraption in the first boy’s hands, and my heart seized up and settled in my throat. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The men and women who settled there had come to get away from oppression in their homeland. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He flashed me a quick scowl as he settled back into his rhythm of work. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get you settled. You’ll feel better in a moment,” I assured her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the gardens upstairs, Nyame settled the pedestal near the front edge of the palace roof, overlooking the marina and the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After I was admitted, I settled into my usual bed, said good-bye to my parents for the night, and thought about how different I might look in just a few days. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Both boys climbed the huge outcropping of rock and settled at the top to prepare their fishing gear and cast their lines for salmon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Lady Nym settled in a chair, her long black braid falling across one shoulder to her lap. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I actually don’t even know if we’re going to keep the dog in the film. We haven’t settled on a story yet.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So life settled down for me in America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we’re in the living room and Mama Ya-Ya is settled in her favorite chair—all soft with a blue lap shawl—I say, “I memorized some Shakespeare. Want to hear?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Seth, on the other hand, settled for lousy grades, routinely skipped his homework, and earned frequent detentions. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t take any chances,” he said as he got settled on the goatskin again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She settled next to me and tucked her feet under herself. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After offering his scent, Gray settled himself on the grass beside the fallen trunk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When she was done, she settled her chin in the crook of my collarbone. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Wait to see what the damage is, until everything is settled and cleaned up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Fear and anguish unlike anything he'd ever experienced settled on Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The owner settled back into town to await the hundred- grander impost announcement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to answer it while I settled into the couch with the bowl of popcorn. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I settled down at a clear spot by the water and waited for someone to arrive heading upstream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then another miracle floated through that Sunday school window and settled on my shoulder and nudged me to say, “I shouldn’t have kicked and shoved you like I did, Audrey. I’m sorry.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The house settled under a quiet spell, broken only by the rubber marshmallow soles of Ms. Byrd’s hospital shoes padding up the stairs, followed by the creaking of Clayton’s bedroom door being pushed open. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

However, the argument between the two schools of thought was not finally settled in favor of the atomists until the early years of this century. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the dust settled and their house came into view—or what was left of it—any hope of finding them alive seemed to fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It appeared that everything had been settled downstairs in our absence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Henry said and settled into his chair at the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had settled what they could, tabled, what they had to, and begun the chicken a la king lunch over which Alice had taken the greatest pains. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s heart-rending eloquence failed to move the judges from their settled conviction in the criminality of the saintly sufferer. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wish had settled like a cuckoo in the nest of her heart, where it kept fluffing up its plumage and making itself at home, no matter how hard she tried to throw it out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He settled himself at the table with his books by Spinoza and William Shakespeare and Karl Marx. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

All those modern bands are or were nomadic hunter-gatherers rather than settled food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like a question mark that drifted through the pages of a book and never settled at the end of a sentence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taylor stroked its head gently and it settled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hodges said, “Fine. Then, Nat, suppose you come along with me. We’ll get you settled in your new home, and then you can begin to get acquainted at the chandlery.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Th e next few days I settled into a routine that felt almost normal, if you don’t count the fact that I was getting lessons from satyrs, nymphs, and a centaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall, dressed in white, wearing a pith helmet with veils that floated across her face, settled around her shoulders, and trailed down her back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the gore so much, but the adrenaline buzz that went with the job, that quick hot rush in your veins when the choppers settled down and you had to do things fast and right. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after he’s settled them all in, Vincent receives a visitor who vehemently disapproves and threatens to divulge all to Dorus and Anna. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I stayed in my room until they were settled, then crept into the hall and settled by the open door. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“A cup of mulled wine would go down well,” he said as he settled by the hearth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I finally settled on an old denim gym bag that I’d made and used back in high school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he walked off into sparsely settled West Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nervousness settled into the pit of my stomach as I took the stairs to the highest level of the Eolian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the tarp and was almost settled in when I felt Dri’s hand on my ankle. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was just appearing over the volcano, but the day had not settled in yet and the earth was still yawning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Uncle was settled into his chair, he did not so much speak as make proclamations, so we knew better than to argue with him at that time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy still hadn’t settled the argument between his brain and his heart. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a moment for all the seventy-five adults and ten or more children to get settled that day. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“They’ve settled down for the—oh, my ears—night. If that powder is any good, we can be well away before they even know we’ve been here.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The bear grunted, and settled down to lick the blood off his fur. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re so skinny, I don’t know how you’re not turning blue,” I said as I settled against the cab, sandwich in hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A little over two weeks into the journey, the rhythms of travel had settled into Kaede’s body. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were only three people standing on the hatch door of the craft now, but they opened fire as soon as the Berg settled into a hovering position. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then he settled down into hymns that liked a trembling vibrato. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

What if the tail settled back to the bottom and he got caught and couldn’t get out? Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything Will could see spoke of wealth and power, the sort of informal settled superiority that some upper-class English people still took for granted. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp on Dr. Roland’s desk cast a warm, buttery circle of light and, after turning the radio on low to the classical station in Boston, I settled on the couch with my French grammar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I settled back on our bench and tried to collect myself. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get them settled as quickly and comfortably as possible, which meant nailing down the details of our move and finding them a new school in Washington, a place where they’d be happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I settled on a tone I thought matched my speaking voice but couldn’t hold it for long. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After I had had my say about the dogs, a silence settled over the dining room. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice, somehow tentative and a little shrill, sounded as though it had not yet settled into maturity. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We settled on one hundred and fifty,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We settled on 10 a.m. and set up a schedule so that each boy would get a turn at being the cook. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he settled on the Skraeling, and said, “I beg your pardon. Have I asked about something it’s forbidden to know?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles Parker had used his influence in the town and the details were already settled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The three men settled in to an impromptu meeting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both sides shared some of the foreigners’ homemade moonshine, then settled down to talk, Tisquantum translating. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A mixture. The Dutch settled most of the land up and down the Hudson. There are a lot of them still here and they don’t much care for the English crown.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When things settled down, we got yet another award. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They made crisp, mesmerized treks from base to base where the men perfected the martial arts and where families settled into counterfeit security for a year or two. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, when the little Poppers had been put to bed, Mr. and Mrs. Popper settled down for a long, quiet evening. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

They ached when he settled himself to sleep. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For years after whenever Ridgeway saw a bonfire, the smell reminded him of the sweet smoke of Carter’s house going up and a figment of a smile settled on his mouth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My mother waits patiently for this dispute to be settled before crossing the street. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The words settled on Koffi like dust, each layering its own kind of understanding. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“All right, Lyra, hush, gal,” she whispered, and settled on the cold earth floor with her back against the wall. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And in a general disheartening, the leaves let go, twirled and somersaulted, and finally settled down to sleep. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The moth settled down, and she went to sleep. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last the people thinned out and gradually disappeared from the streets and the parked cars drove away and the town settled to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him when we were settled there on the soft green rug, the city lights through the windows, the nostalgia of everything taking me over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That case set no precedent because it settled out of court, with rights to the cells being divided between the parties involved in the lawsuit, which didn’t include the cell “donor.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They hugged themselves against the chilly dew that had settled everywhere. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That made him happy and he settled down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they cast off toward Castello, the poorest part of Venice, but not before giving a promise to get in touch as soon as they were settled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She found an overhanging rock next to the roots of a spruce tree that clung to the side of the gorge, and settled herself beneath it to look around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Crooks settled himself more comfortably on his bunk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled himself comfortably, crossing his legs Turkish fashion and smoothing down the ends of his mustache. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood in some degree a home to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His head was bowed slightly, as if a great weight had settled onto him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slogged forward and with the rhythm of the paddling his brain settled into numbness again and soon he was in the same trance that had led him to sleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stripped the clothes off Aziza, tried to find something to fan her with, settled for blowing on her until she became light-headed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It meandered a bit, then settled down into one of the rosettes and went to sleep. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He settled back in his chair and then he began to talk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the meal was over, the three male members of the family settled in the parlor to watch a televised basketball game. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was settled comfortably, Chett covered his legs with a fur and went to stand by the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They settled near present-day Chattanooga, Tennessee, near the Chickamauga Creek, and came to be known as the Chickamaugas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You spend more time reading those things than you do taking pictures,” Mr. Wilkinson teased her, but she eventually settled on one—the Graphic View II—and even Mr. Wilkinson couldn’t dispute her choice. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once she was sure it had settled, and that the roof was solid enough to support it, she took off the helmet and climbed down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He made a magnanimous wave of compliance and settled back into his chair, folding his arms in front of him, confident in his safety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But hardly had I settled down, the dry, dog-day smell of the hedge in my nose, when they stopped before the house, leaning upon the fence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everything is settled you shall know, it will all be a lovely surprise.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She gave a small smile as he settled back in his chair with his own cup. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The wagon stirred up a lot of dust that kind of settled over everything like a nice, smooth blanket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed an eternity before the Book reached her, but as its weight settled into her arms, she finally felt complete. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each person had his or her own bucket, and it was clear the group had settled down for a night of serious drinking. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have settled the argument by informing them that I wasn’t going to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Back in Arizona, I’d heard about how the Mormons had been chased out of most places they had lived until they’d finally settled in Utah, a desert nobody wanted. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I asked as the board members settled in. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Once the chickens settled, the night birds got to talking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That is all settled;” repeated the other, as she ran into her room to prepare. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Something hot and itchy bubbled up in my throat, drifting up until it settled behind my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As they settled in front of James’s computer, Emily fanned herself with her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the sky and whispered, as the others settled into their places. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the dust had settled, Matt saw a narrow, dark hallway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled into the crowded cathedral on the hill with the other refugees. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looked now for something to put the birthday candles in and settled on the soil of a potted ivy that normally sat on the windowsill over the sink. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You are very kind, I am sure; and I wish with all my heart it may prove so, for else they will be destitute enough. Things are settled so oddly.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, everyone was settled and ready to begin. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He and Big Daddy, fifteen, of the Mara Salvatrucha have settled on top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they settled back against the wall. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parents and I focused on getting settled and finding work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma settled into her chair to smother her last pancake with corn syrup. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord,” I say as soon as I’m settled in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At dark he settled in again for the night, next to the fire with the stack of short pieces ready to put on, and he ate the rest of die raspberries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra said, “Ah! Marchpane!” and settled back comfortably to hear what happened next. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hermione put the vanquished Horcrux into the beaded bag, then climbed back into her bed and settled down without another word. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But all was quiet and they grew drowsy and fell asleep, while outside the rain settled in for the morning. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that settled to her satisfaction she went on up the street. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a morbid quiet settled over the house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He sat down on his couch and his head settled between his shoulders and his body weaved a little in his rage. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We shall have tea, and you must tell me all about it. Once you're settled back in. Eh?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now a damp fog rolled into the yard and settled over the porch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cooling down after its long drive, the car ticked and hissed and settled contentedly on its frame. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was okay to rush up on ’em now that Pa and Emma had settled ’em down some. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The girls were busy watching television and Seema and I were getting settled at the table to go over her notes for the day's geography lesson when my mother’s friends knocked at the door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But their pain bounced off the walls and crawled under my skin, where it settled like prickly bristles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The realization of what would happen next settled gradually over Harry in the long minutes, like softly falling snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It took some effort, but eventually the entire group settled in together above the highest wishes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She settled back in her seat, her head tilted in a patch of sun, and closed her eyes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She spoke as though this settled the matter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had settled down some, I checked his wound. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The class settled into the rhythm of the morning, and scratches of pencils in notebooks replaced the metallic scrapes of chairs and coat zippers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Probably not till the baby was born and the estate settled. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She rolled up the scroll and slid it into the tube that the hawk wore like a pack, settled on his back between his wings. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His soul settled comfortably back into his body. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed straight to his former hollow and settled there, his tiny head poking out. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes settled on the young woman wearing the black shawl. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher continued her diatribe and I settled back, bathing in the subtle beauty of each new curse and insult. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had she settled into the tree than a tall woman with long strawberry blond hair started knocking on the trunk. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The other Gladers settled themselves, turning in with their pillows and blankets for the impossible task of sleeping. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They circled overhead a half-dozen times in arcs that took in the entire breadth of the docks, then settled on the swells to seaward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 2005, once the dowry was settled, we were considered married in the eyes of the Dinka tribe. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing slowly settled into a steady, life-sustaining rhythm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Washington settled in at a relatively low beat of thirty-two but stayed close. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"My debt to you is settled, and my rent is paid in full." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The girls settled into the big black chairs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The morning was purplish, dark, and still, with the sharp, biting cold that had settled during the night. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Still, it would have been nice, he often thought, if he could have seen something of the world before he met Mrs. Popper and settled down. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the second day my arms had settled, too. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

You settled down on the floor of the shack at once and started making a necklace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With peaceful absorption Biff settled down to the details of the newspaper before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mo had worked with a few refugee families, helping them get settled in New York. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The initial confirmation of Walter's conviction on appeal had generated significant press in the community, and most people now felt that Walter's guilt was a settled matter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Nay, if you are so serious about it, I shall consider the matter as absolutely settled. You will have a charming mother-in-law, indeed, and of course she will be always at Pemberley with you.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

That first time, I got up and settled on the window seat to see what they were up to. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We’d fled there many generations before from the highlands of southern Congo during a time of great war and sickness, and settled where the soil was reddish black and fertile as the days were long. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In those days no other Men had settled dwellings so far west, or within a hundred leagues of the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In 1966, he settled on a surprise choice: the Marshall Library in Lexington, Virginia. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We all settled down at our desks and waited. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The motel he settled on was a Howard Johnson Express, one with a quarter of its parking lot filled with different makes and models of cars and the blue vacancy sign on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“She,” he said, as I settled beside him, “is a very fair nymph indeed.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Suppose that North American wild apples really would have evolved into a terrific crop if only Indian hunter-gatherers had settled down and cultivated them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I have told you, all is settled. Trust me. The khal has promised you a crown, and you shall have it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He picked up the torn grass and pasted it on the gourds head, where it settled in tufty clumps, held tight by the sticky sap. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me—I swear he smirked—then settled down to lick his paws. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The matter was settled, for he knew that Crane-man would keep his word. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Pressing against the faint warmth at the base of the chimney they settled down for the night. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we settled into our seats for a late-night flight to Paris, my stomach began to act up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I heard his bare feet on the floor and felt his weight as he settled into bed beside me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid six men out cold before the crowd settled down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next four days it settled thirty inches more, and would have continued sinking if the engineers had not simply called off the test. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So Annie and Doc Mom settled on a pair of plain red lifeguard baggies that were exactly the ones I would have chosen for myself about an hour and a half earlier. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The contentment of the does spread to everyone else, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit, for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan hadn’t been on a motorcycle since Daddy died, but she sure hadn’t settled down any either. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Now that he knew there was a secret, he settled down into the groove of their relationship. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nana saw the bowl, her face flushed red and her upper lip shivered, and her eyes, both the lazy one and the good, settled on Mariam in a flat, unblinking way. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Nat’s days and nights settled down once more to the steady grind of sailing by ash breeze—working all day in the chandlery, studying late every night. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled into the big, comfy seats and high-fived one another. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As we get settled, I look at my friends there through different eyes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Though he settled in France, the quality that most pervades Chopin’s style is homesickness for his native Poland. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Their mother held firm; and as it would be unreasonable to expect a girl to take risks with her complexion, the matter was settled, except that Theresa refused to walk anywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has a broad green, an old-fashioned Main Street, a handsome campus with a settled and venerable air, and leafy residential streets. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They settled down in the boat, Harry still staring at Hagrid, trying to imagine him flying. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside her jacket—which she was not giving up—and change of clothes, and then her hand settled on the flashlight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Within a few months, our life settled into a pattern. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If in good years they had settled in villages, grown crops, and produced babies, those large populations would have starved and died off in drought years, when the land could support far fewer people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope finally settled on a lovely blank journal that she thought would make an elegant gift. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The friends broke open the wine and cut the cake as they settled into a comfortable evening together, playing games and talking. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There might perhaps have been a time to undertake excavations that might have comprehensively settled our outstanding questions about the topography of old Alexandria. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I avoided the gross meaty brown blobs and settled on a green blob, an orange blob, and a red blob. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Ashley’s weight settled over my legs; I knew it was her, even as my brain came in and out of consciousness, and a white hot light was burning behind my eyelids. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Demographically speaking, they lived in the hinterlands, remote and thinly settled; their lives were as far from Wari or Toltec lords as the nomads of Siberia were from the grandees of Beijing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He settled a long arm across Denna’s shoulders and smiled his charming blue-eyed smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The king strode through the door and over to the table and settled his great bulk onto the throne, calling irritably, “Places, everyone. Take your places.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient Japanese developed some of the oldest pottery in the world and settled as hunter-gatherers in villages subsisting on Japan’s rich seafood resources, long before the arrival of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water feels darker too, as if the weight of it has settled. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And so they went, the bells in their hair ringing softly, while Dany settled down with her small band of survivors in the place they named Vaes Tolono, the city of banes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Every evening, when the darkness had settled over Bone Gap, Finn sneaked out to the barn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When we neared the bottom, the lift slowed, jerked a few times, and then settled level with a rock platform. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that a lively fear of Russian intentions and capabilities had settled upon Washington, fueling the expectation that war with the Soviet Union was inevitable. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“He decided to move. Just when I was getting settled in New York, he took this stupid new job researching for a World War I book. In San Francisco!’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I settled close to Kevin, relaxing, letting go of tension I had hardly been aware of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After checking in with the receptionist, Dad settled into the chair next to me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

June settled into her armchair, crossing her legs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The boys turned, trying to get comfortable, and finally settled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Muslims roared it, as they settled to listen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the islands scattered along the lower half of Mr. Patterson’s map and settled into the back seat to dig up a postcard for Fred. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She settled herself behind the desk, folding her hands across the top. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A medical ship has settled on Boston Common. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He continued on, though, following Rameel into seven more huts before they returned to their tent and settled in for the night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Luke can have a time-out while we get you settled.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He settled comfortably against the wood and took his suffering as it came and the fish swam steadily and the boat moved slowly through the dark water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled into the chair’s vinyl padded seat and faced the computer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As he settled into his usual spot, he glanced over at Bobby’s side of the sofa. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Then it’s settled. Can you write your name on this piece of paper?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fridge was pretty barren, so I settled for peanut butter and jelly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We settled into the den, me on the couch, Laura one cushion to my right, her husband across the way in a fine-looking chair—brass tacks, burgundy leather, matching footstool. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was now September 2014, nearly a year after the fire, and still the case wasn’t settled. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

You settled into a seat, and I slid in beside you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Joyce settled down on a bench on the foredeck, sipping coffee in the sun, looking forward to watching Joe race and seeing him afterward, however it turned out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They arrived one morning, in a great fluttering cloud, and settled themselves on trees around the fields. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

While the house was being built, they erected a shelter of wooden planks with a zinc roof, where they settled Esteban in his sickbed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trapped by the compliment, Diana settled back into her seat. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Nina blew out a breath and settled for glowering at no one. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“As soon as you get them settled, you take the bus home,” his father said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I settled on the floor and leaned against the dresser, trying to decide what else to wear. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kate settled herself gingerly among the thick down cushions and slowly removed her gloves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he settled into his seat, he looked over his shoulder and winked right at me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The raft bobbed back to level and settled from the roll fast, the flat bottom slapping the water lightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that Regina Fischer left the apartment to go on a long peace march, met a man, got married, and settled in England. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She clapped her hands and settled down to watch this language of jumps and tumbles, elated that she was at last breaking the wolf code. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled with the warders and then, a day or two later, we learned the authorities had gone to the general section and asked for three representatives to negotiate changes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game settled down after that and in the middle innings, the Yankees scored a few runs to get closer. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time his vision had settled, the dwarf had disappeared into a maelstrom of churning muck. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I had not settled in my mind whether I believed in God or not; His existence or nonexistence never worried me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Ess settled down and came to watch as Jinny pulled a frame from the hive, ignoring the bees that crawled and buzzed and settled on her skin, tickling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a mighty swishing sound as the tree settled. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them pushed aside sketchbooks and worn velvet cushions to make room, then settled down on it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The raft settled down in the middle of the landing space with a gentle bump. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As the dust settled, Fangburn looked to his leader for approval. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I think everyone would like to see the matter settled.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered whether they would have to tie her down, but when they settled her onto the sledge, Taisin’s body relaxed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they settled down, they stared at him warily. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunched over the desk, he settled down to sort out improper fractions. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Thunder and lightning broke overhead, while in our house, a dreadful calm settled like clear water in a tainted pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Toby had settled the St. Anthony’s next to him in the passenger’s seat of his truck for safekeeping. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once she was settled on the bench, in a small pool of light, she peered up at me with undivided attention. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stretched his wings—it was like a huge, irascible yawn—then settled again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they settled down on the chairs, paper cups in front of them, she said, “Let’s start with the covers.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The market here thrives because most people did not have to leave their homes and are therefore already settled. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her marriage with Howard settled into a state of limbo, never together but never completely apart either. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She had a sister married to a Mr. Phillips, who had been a clerk to their father, and succeeded him in the business, and a brother settled in London in a respectable line of trade. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Helmuth is about to take a bite of wedding cake when Hugo says to him, "Wait and see, my boy. The war will be over, as soon as this matter is settled with Poland." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then I settled down and got back to work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He settled down next to Trina and the little girl, thinking about the past, and drifted off to sleep, only for the darker memories to come and stamp out his foolish hopes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Each time a demon disintegrated, Percy felt a heavier sense of dread as another curse settled on him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We settled down on chairs in the mess tent with a bottle of scotch whisky, while the rain splattered down and hissed through the leaves. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night they sang to keep their spirits up, and when they grew tired of harangues, discussions, and songs, they settled into little groups to get through the night as best they could. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conscious of his defeat and failure, Rick settled back. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His mom's hand settled softly in her lap. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Vivian topped off her glass of wine, settled back into her chair, and said, “I don’t know how to put this delicately.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, slowly, my feet settled to the ground. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He made arrangements for the sale of his office equipment, broke his lease, and settled the matter of refunds to clients very simply by saying, “Let ’em sue me.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll never be settled until this country wakes up and builds a navy!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either by choice or necessity, Bobby moved out of the Mokarow house and settled in Los Angeles, in a small, dingy, dark, and inexpensive furnished room on Orange Avenue, one block off Wilshire Boulevard. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried to the field, climbed onto their platforms, and shooed away what few birds had settled in the corn. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

One by one the fires became red pulsing embers, and the men settled under their blankets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going back to school after Labor Day, I think. I meant to tell you as soon as my plans were settled.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the sound had even settled in the air, we heard the screams. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Once Seabiscuit was settled in at Detroit, Smith took the colt to the track to stretch his legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the packinghouse strike ended, the pre-strike configurations settled back into place. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With a heavy sigh she settled herself down on the porch steps, her sturdy calves poking out the tops of the oversized boots. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

None of them was hungry and one by one they settled down into a troubled sleep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She settled into Albert’s lap, and he gently stroked the back of her neck. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to speak with you before you left the city. I would have waited until you were settled again, but I thought it best to discuss the matter in person.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I can feel her settled inside me, never to leave again. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Though a fog had settled over the garden, I knew by heart the location of each bed and bower and could find my way in the dark. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The instant she was settled, the bus lurched and pulled away. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They and Myrta settled into a life marked by increasingly sparse visits from Dr. Holmes, but when he did appear, he brought warmth and gifts and entombed little Lucy in his arms. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When I settled into the chair in front of his desk I noticed it was bolted to the ground. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her hull had settled on the marly bottom at a slight angle with the bow aiming upward. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She reached out a hand and touched one finger to the spine of the closest book; a warm shiver passed through her finger and up her arm, and it settled in her heart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He being settled and falling swiftly into a shivering sleep, I quitted the chamber and repaired downstairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

His father took another swallow from Nailer’s luck gift and settled down to watch the storm as it rolled toward them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I settled at the table with the checkerboard in the front window. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was my worst fear coming true, but at least it settled one issue. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I saw through the open door that night had settled outside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a scornful snicker, he settled himself behind his desk, replaced the empty cigarette holder in his mouth and lapsed into parturient silence for a few moments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He thought for a few moments, and settled his rifle across his thighs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good, I didn’t think so. Come on in and get settled. It’ll be just like old times.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He listened to Dad, who settled into a lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whole clouds settled back on him as soon as Pima stepped away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been there once when I was a kid, before we settled in Brooklyn. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closer they got to Greece, the more dread settled in Jason’s chest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I settled myself down and looked at the weed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

How I blessed those stolid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After the first burst of energy, the moving in of the machines, the digging of tunnels and rooms—after that was done, a feeling of discontent settled upon us like some creeping disease. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After the relief had settled in, after people remembered how to go about their lives without the pressing fear of crime, there arose a natural question: just where did all those criminals go? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The white-gray cloud settled into the Atlantic, becoming part of the silt and rocks below. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In 1876, an Ohio Republican named Rutherford Hayes became president after a close election that had to be settled in the House of Representatives. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Washington settled in at thirty but held its position at a quarter length back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I am glad everything is settled then. An unpleasant matter, but amicably settled.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody spoke as they settled down, looking around at the shadowy, gruesome pictures. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Dust clouds settled slowly, depositing a pale sheet on the Tunisian rug. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He’s not panicking, and it reminds me of how settled my parents looked after they set me up for freedom. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Things haven’t settled down, it’s too soon, everyone is unsure about our exact status. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tories believing all differences could be settled with time, patience, and respect for government. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When we get settled at Jasper’s mom’s place, will you help me figure out my next Harriet story?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were other families, people like us, who had settled here. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He waited until everyone settled down before turning to me with a frown. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I shut the door to my room and put the tape in the VCR and settled back on my bed, right on top of the new clothes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

That settled it, and telling him of Meg’s mishap, Jo gratefully accepted and rushed up to bring down the rest of the party. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” he said again, and they stood like that for a while, until Jam was settled back into her skin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone was settled and the playwright was about to begin her little speech summarizing the plot and evoking the excitement of performing before an adult audience tomorrow evening in the library. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Finally she settled for folding Elowen’s cloak more securely around her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even with that settled, I had no idea what to write next. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His trousers settled well on his hips and his white shirt bloused over his belt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spassky ensconced himself in the Caucasus while Fischer settled in the Catskills, more than seven thousand miles away. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her wide, mournful eyes had settled on me, and I could tell they weren’t going anywhere until I explained that a little better. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he could not make up ground at this stage, the jockey changed his game plan, eased up, and settled in to wait. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he scratched his neck and settled down in his former drooping position. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after much debate, Kitty and I have decided to get him settled into one place for his last three years of high school, and then he can apply to college. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

For the young priest in training, life at the monastery soon settled into a predictable routine. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our first winter was just about over by then and we were all feeling much more settled. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was still, and quiet, and the pain had settled to a dull throb. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled that he would fly to New Hampshire the next Wednesday, we would spend two days making preparations, and then we’d hit the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The brownstone creaked as it settled more firmly into its foundation, wrapping the kids in warmth and love just as it had for so many years past and would, now, for many years to come. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dark has settled in, and I can barely see the wound, but I can feel the warmth of the blood as it oozes into my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘Go on now! But take care of yourself, and come straight back as soon as you have settled the ruffians!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And hardly had he settled himself when he stared at my desk, saying, "What you got there, Brother?" and pointed toward a pile of my papers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my coffee and plate and settled onto a big purple pillow on the floor by the front window. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Howard amused himself by putting a $100 bet on the horse, then settled in to watch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bounced twice, straight up and down, then settled onto a hard surface and found herself in silence and absolute blackness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

An undisturbed colony of mites is a densely settled community, huddled under a protective webbing for concealment from its enemies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So Shasta settled himself firmly in the saddle, gripped with his knees, clenched his teeth, and punched both the horse's sides with his heels as hard as he could. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She had even promised that we would get a dog after we got settled in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After several agonizing moments of screen snow, the monitors jumped and settled. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

William had a comfortable place in a settled society and suffered none of the hardships experienced by Kepler; he studied at the local grammar school, then went up to Cambridge in 1558. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Two miles into the trial, Bobby Moch kicked the beat up to thirty-two and settled in there. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We settled on a dark, mossy green, same two sizes but with no ripped seams this time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Within minutes the forest was settled in a great foggy stillness, chill and damp. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after that, my grandmother and I took the train to Bournemouth and settled into the Hotel Magnificent. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Ernesto,” the woman said, her eyes glittering with something like malice or spite as she looked at each of my sisters and then settled on Mamá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the hollering finally settled down, it was way past my bedtime. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He settled on a spot in the mob and looked up at the shark, dangling above the crowd, as he raised the camera to his face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He settled deeper into the armchair and put his feet up on the fender. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He would stay a few days, get them settled, and then come home. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled in any way they could, under planks of wood and pieces of cardboard, in the midst of garbage and despair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll start washing as soon as I get these two settled.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had become sharp with overtones of bleakness as her soul congealed and she ceased to move, as the instinctive, omnipresent film of great weight, of an almost absolute inertia, settled over her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Pynto is a very good man,” he announced, then settled down to tell her of the time he seized the spice ship, a tale she had heard a dozen times before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The panel closed under it and the pedestal settled gently on top. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Things cracking and creaking as, like my mother used to say, the house settled. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Small and mean as it was, the longhall was the largest building in the village, so the lords and captains had taken it for themselves, whilst Stannis settled into the stone watchtower by the lakeshore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Around his mother, on the other hand, the golden sparkles were much stronger, and the currents they moved in were more settled and powerful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Well!” said the stranger to Mr. Wopsle, when the reading was done, “you have settled it all to your own satisfaction, I have no doubt?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He gingerly lowered himself into his seat, wincing as he settled, and began scratching himself all over. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A separate consequence of a settled existence is that it permits one to store food surpluses, since storage would be pointless if one didn’t remain nearby to guard the stored food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because as Robin’s words settled, Ivy felt more comforted than she had since the storm hit. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man or large woman whose back I’d been leaning against shifted slightly, then settled lower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

California, rowing at thirty-eight, settled into third place, ten feet in front of Washington’s bow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We finally settled on the space under the cot where I slept. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had changed this much in so little time, how could I even be sure I’d recognize her years down the line, after the dust of all this hell finally settled? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Either: the Americas were first settled around 11,000 B.C. and quickly filled up with people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A fly settled on his wounded ear and he winced and shook his head. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirdly, mass extinctions akin to the archetypal Australian decimation occurred again and again in the ensuing millennia—whenever people settled another part of the Outer World. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we settled, a gavel pounded, and the sound echoed in the rafters. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My lucky red underpants were in the wash so I settled for my banana-yellow ones. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But all seemed settled until the shipmaster casually told him he must furnish his own blankets, oilskins, sea boots, warm pea jacket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind god settled on a nearby wall with his basket of fruit and spread his russet wings in the sun. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

While I was focused on Public Allies, Barack had settled into what was—by his standard, anyway—a period of relative tameness and predictability. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Chief climbed into the bus only after we had settled down. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as everyone was settled again, another message was sent. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He settled on file couch as one by one all Lyra’s clothes came off, to her resentment and shame; but she still had file presence of mind to conceal it and act dull-witted and compliant. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once the capsule climbed through the launch window, separated from the Atlas, and settled into a successful orbit, it established communication links with the ground stations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then a huge golden moon came down from the heavens and settled on the surface of the calm waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys’ coach and guide through the unfamiliar world where their families had settled was getting hauled off by the police. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They settled themselves in the boat, having checked that Alice and Lyra were safe and comfortable, and they fell asleep in a moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

After a general discussion it was determined that for to-night nothing be definitely settled; that we should all sleep on the facts, and try to think out the proper conclusions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Rising to his feet, he saw the field through drifting gauze but held on until everything settled into place, like a lens focusing, making the world sharp again, with edges. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finally settled on their new train, Hanako was not sure if all the rushing had been exciting or awful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

With Albert trumpeting her resurrection, she hopped inside the coop and settled herself down. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were far too occupied with one another to notice the awful tension that had settled over our group. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he’d settled into the corporate life of privatized security, the agent had initiated coups in third world countries. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Hatsue settled into missing her husband and learned the art of waiting over an extended period of time—a deliberately controlled hysteria that was something like what Ishmael Chambers felt watching her in the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sonia is still living there with his mother, settled back into the room she had occupied as a girl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blue smoke settled over the stricken Plymouth, and he was gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The avalanche slowed and settled as a cloud of dust billowed out from the cave. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the cold settled over the llano and there was less to do on the farms and ranches, more and more of those kids came into school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled Laura and Mary more comfortably on his knees and he said, “I’ll tell you about Grandpa and the panther.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the hood down over Robin’s head and settled it around his shoulders while he held him against his coarse-woven monk’s frock. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The rush of kids into the building settled it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jinny put the letter back in the envelope and slipped it under her makeshift bed before she settled down with a faint groan. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dad had been doing some research and settled on a town in northern Nevada called Battle Mountain. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Driving in convoy is not unpleasant if you are the first car and I settled back in the seat and watched the country. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I wish to prove to them that we have not flown here, so much as settled upon a firm place, from which we shall sally forth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She settled back down at the kitchen table. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The feudal idea of war for ransom had been squashed in Britain, but not abroad, and now the foreign ransom-hunters were after the newly settled King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled into our camping chairs and planted our feet on the circle of stones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She performed a few high kicks, stretched her long limbs, then settled under a tree to get her beauty sleep. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I settled at my desk and logged into my email account on my new tablet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Robin handed Ivy the deck, and they settled on the floor in front of the sofa. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“All this press attention seems to have inflated your already overlarge head, Potter,” said Snape quietly, once the rest of the class had settled down again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The world could be so much richer than the world we have settled for. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

My mother rose and settled her dress about her. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On Madan’s third attempt, however, he settled the Squirrel shakily onto the glacier with its tail hanging over a bottomless crevasse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anaheim had been settled in the late nineteenth century by German immigrants hoping to create a local wine industry and by a group of Polish expatriates trying to establish a back-to-the-land artistic community. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

He yanked another out, then another, and held his breath as debris moved and then settled. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, after we were settled in an overnight cabin, my father took a new notebook from his pocket. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around them, its noises settled into something quieter, as though it had grown used to their presence, but that didn’t help Ekon’s nerves. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the evenings kids watched TV or played Ping-Pong and dominoes in the dayroom, or settled in to make phone calls at one of the two pay phones. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But when he was touching the breaking point he held steady and settled back against the strain of the line. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He centered the kippah on his head, patted it once it was settled, then stretched out his arms toward the bowl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt the men around him shift uneasily, sensing the fear that had settled over the group like a suffocating blanket. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The little pointed chin settled into the fresh white ruffles about her throat. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he struck up the first notes, a sigh of pleasure came from Papa Bellini and he settled back on the stool with his eyes closed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the hall in #28, Pattie debated what to wear and settled on a white silk shirt with two embroidered doves. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patch-Withers’ face had been shifting expressions and changing colors continuously, and now it settled into fixed surprise. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

God and Jesus, you make him take it back- The memory settled over me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Pullman’s vestibules ice as fine as dust settled between coaches and filled Burnham’s train with the tang of deep winter. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Rowan, then Citra, then finally settled her gaze on Scythe Faraday. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I neither wanted to offend the secretaries nor alienate my new colleague, so I settled on what seemed to me the most prudent course of action: I declined to have any tea at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To see if you need anything now that you’re all settled in,” she said, but Mia watched her gaze roam around the kitchen and into the living room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

True, they had settled a few islands by swimming short stretches of water or crossing them on improvised rafts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took a deep breath and settled her mind. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Were finally settled in for the night, if that's what you call being wedged into the muddy wall of a six foot trench. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She settled Matt between the two men and fetched him a mug of hot cocoa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the general left, the men settled down in their tents. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs had settled down in front of it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a few minutes passed before Dri’s stomach settled and I noticed a light was strobing weakly in the morning glare. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I arrived ahead of my brothers—thrilled I didn’t have to fight with Khushal for the remote for once—and settled in to watch my new favorite show, Shararat, which means “making mischief.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The area is thinly settled, without big cities. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She settled back into the cushiony pillow throne on her bed and picked up a glass of tea-stained ice cubes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the dishes were done, Dad and I settled in for our nightly tradition. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

About one hundred spectators, mostly blacks, settled into seats behind a rail on the main floor, and about one hundred more took the stairs to seats in a balcony above. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I quickly settled down to my new job when we got back to Nairobi. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I settled my plans, and began to ready my will and body to enter dothe, for my own strength would never suffice unaided by the strength out of the Dark. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Jule settled down to wait, the adrenaline high of the past few hours seeped away. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then they settled back down again, and a crow or two landed and went along for the ride. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the end I knew there was nothing and, in the end, it settled itself. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His clothes gently settled back on his body. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked her up and settled her on my hip, her head on my shoulder as if she had fallen asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My invitingly plump grandmother stood in the doorway, her hair in a light Jheri curl and a smile settled so firmly across her face it seemed permanently engraved. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

So Zeitoun settled into the tent and went to sleep alone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In keeping with tradition, Barack had gone out to play basketball earlier in the day and had since settled into his office to put finishing touches on his remarks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, he settled on a pair of cotton pj’s. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

With a feeling of surrender, and anticipation, and apprehension, she crossed the small distance to his brow, settled on his warm skin, and entered his world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The dinner guests and workers from the Starlight Room settled down wherever they could find seats. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Belly down on a thick branch, Naomi settled into the sway and creak of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He settled himself in a chair near her bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight she settled for the warm rotting of a dung heap, where she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A great fly settled on one of his ears. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belle asked, once I had settled into my folding chair next to the cash register to read. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She took such good care of the little girl—making her a spot to sleep, helping her wash up in the stream, telling her a story as darkness settled on the wooded valley. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I want to get you settled in before dinner.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She settled down on the mossy surface, and as dusk fell she saw a doe and two fawns emerge from the underbrush on legs as slender as reeds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once settled, he realized they were the Keepers, and to his chagrin that meant Gaily was among them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It finally settled in this position, half in, half out. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well before other crops began to arrive from elsewhere, Native Americans settled in eastern U.S. river valleys and developed intensified food production based on local crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That lady seemed at a loss to make a selection, but finally settled upon a stick of nougat wondering if it were not too rich; whether it could possibly hurt her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked as we settled ourselves in the front of the público. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them were never settled, I expect. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water flowed into the funnel, where it descended through a black hose and settled into a metal container secured to the edge of the building. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I bought some tortillas from the tortilla lady and settled back for the trip. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By himself at last, Bigwig settled down to think over his problem. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon discovering the wolves, she had settled down to live near them in the hope of sharing their food, until the sun set and the stars came out to guide her. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like flies they hovered; like flies they settled. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I heard was, “The strike’s settled!” from Mr. Caton. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He finally settled on one, just like Mary. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Finally we arrived at our destination and settled onto the wooden bench in the third row, by the aisle. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her face is an almond sheen of sweat under her white cotton turban, and her lace blouson, settled off her shoulders, reveals duplicate moles, big and black as beetles, at the base of her throat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled herself into the big chair in the corner, one eye on Pearl, who sat down at last and popped the tab of her soda. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only light in here came from the fireplace, where a bright blaze of logs settled slightly as she looked, sending a fountain of sparks up into the chimney. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After we got settled, I would complain about my thirst, and Grandma would grant permission for a trip to the soft-drink stand. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange listlessness had settled over Castle Black since Stannis had marched south, as if the free folk and the black brothers alike were holding their breath, waiting to see what would come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They gasped at the thin golden crown that settled in his black curls like eggs in a thrush’s nest. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He settled his head back on the seat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His best suit was covered in white dust, which had settled in his hair and mustache and made him look as though he had just aged thirty years. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But maybe he didn’t think that way, because he looked up from his invisible paperwork and his gaze settled on Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin settled into Celia’s chair; Matt could hear the springs groan with his weight. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she locked all the doors and settled back, her hands moving to the bottom of her sweater, her arms crossing, and she raised it over her face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They left it in place for fifteen days and found that it settled only one-quarter of an inch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I settled for the one on my left. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got that gleam in her eye and started out full blast, and Toby settled back, feeling sure she was good for the rest of the time until recess. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled against him, her back to his chest. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I am at a loss to explain the melancholy that settled over me on that victorious night,” he later wrote. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A week after the Bay Meadows Handicap, Seabiscuit and Pumpkin walked up the ramp of the Pullman car and settled into the straw to sleep. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assured of privacy, I removed my shift and settled into the warm water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved him into the center seat and settled themselves on either side of him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he settled into his own office, though, than he heard Old Chao’s steps in the hall — a firm patter, deliberate, squeaky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strapped his belt outside his cloak and tightened it, and settled his light pack on his back; then he stepped towards the edge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I settled Plug in the barn, rubbing him down. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A group of gulls had settled on the water and were crying foolishly, hoping for scraps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to have some fun before he settled in with them for the summer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Northwestern had been his first choice; he’d been turned down, had settled for the only school that let him leave the state, but once he’d met Elena it had seemed, to him, like fate intervening. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the hotel was full of guests, he settled for more silent means. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I settled down on the couch in front of the television with the radio blasting loud from the hallway. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled on this complicity: they would not heal their rift — their mysterious rift — but bridge it, with manners. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled his rotund frame onto a prayer rug in front of the crowd and cleared his throat into the microphone. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next few months, as the extent of the devastation settled in, the trickle of ragged refugees that Joe Rantz had witnessed heading west the previous summer became a torrent. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were both grinning so big, a raccoon could have crawled up in their mouths and settled down inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It drifted down like a feather and settled lightly upon Reynie’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she ignored him and settled down sleepily on the handle of the tiller near her man. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His arm settled down over my shoulders and he pulled me close, pressing his face against my hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Friday afternoon, when the bell rang at just after one, Pearl settled herself into seventh period and set her bag beside her chair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they were safely settled into the chairs farthest from the desk, Pearl leaned over the clipboard. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I've known broads like that all my life. She wants to be artsy and has settled on being cheap. I can tell I won’t be getting a tip out of her." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It settled on my hips and trailed in the grass. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He settled his hind quarters coyly, and lay still, looking up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes; and I told him we should not be able to keep our engagement. That is all settled.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The spring came slowly, the new menage settled down, and Elaine arranged a tournament for her cavalier. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I settled down to scrape the rabbit skins of the day, my neighbor the skunk marched right into the campground and set to work on the smoked rabbit. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping into the barn felt odd, like all that dust settled inside me somehow, making me feel dirty. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something. When you saw me in the station, with the crate, why did you back off and hide? Why didn’t you just walk up to me? It could have been settled there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flight of hopeful pigeons settled on the pavement around our feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Once you get settled come on back to the kitchen and I’ll fix you up some breakfast before we get to work.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I settled into a spot between a fake bush and a stuffed rabbit. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was away some time, and Frodo after a few mouthfuls of lembas settled deep into the brown fern and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The churned-up dust settled back against the road, some of it mingling with the large dirt rectangle that had once housed Mom’s vegetable garden. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt agreed that those issues should be settled in advance, but no action ensued. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Your mother wants me to go. And there’s only half an hour left. It’s settled.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And they settled in for the rest of the day and that night, and later Brian would remember what they had said—how it needed tension—and wish he had not thought it at all. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he got settled into his favorite chair, I handed him the paper and headed for the kitchen to put something together for dinner. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the Pacific Ocean, the main wave of extinction began in about 1500 BC, when Polynesian farmers settled the Solomon Islands, Fiji and New Caledonia. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let her get settled back in at home,” I said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The great shamrock dissolved, the leprechauns drifted down onto the field on the opposite side from the veela, and settled themselves cross-legged to watch the match. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Smith settled the horse in a comfortable stall and retired to his own little room right above it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them come from the tattered edges of tropical rain forest, or they come from tropical savanna that is being settled rapidly by people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled on the teenager who had been the Inka’s final choice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It finished the beautiful pattern and settled itself at the center with blue-furred legs outspread. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled into a neighborhood where other German immigrants lived. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He settled into a tiny room off the pantry, into which a narrow bed and chest of drawers just fit. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

On appeal, one judge compared the study to Southam’s HeLa injections, the Tuskegee study, and Nazi research, and the case eventually settled out of court. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A lethargy had settled on him, and a little gray hopelessness. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What think you? We have been in this city fully three weeks. Have you yet settled in your mind whether you will marry this dark-faced lover of yours, this Prince Rabadash, or no?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dusk had settled, turning all the banners black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Snowflakes settled on his dark blue cap, and on his earmuffs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

So in the end we settled on a plan to put her theory to the test the next time Madame came to Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

George settled on a two-page spread about framing your face with makeup. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Setting the jar on a stone bench, he settled in the grass nearby, lid in hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Finally Lem settled down, and he learned so fast that he surprised even Nat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evy settled it by saying one could wash it one day and the other, the next day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled for a charge of vagrancy and gave him the option of being expelled from the state or serving jail time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silence settled over the glade like fine ash after a scorching fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Aces, then, it’s settled. Ophelia will be here with you during the day while I’m working and help you out with whatever you need.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She seemed to enjoy herself, though, and a gentle smile settled around her eyes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled on a bench beneath a great spreading willow, then abandoned it and found more comfortable seats on the ground at the foot of the tree. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their booth was so close to the kitchen that their napkins leapt and settled to the bursting rhythm of the swinging doors, which did not so much swing as boom. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been in Paris when the first terms of the peace treaty were settled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once everybody had settled down, and a few passengers even began to chat among themselves, I scooted closer to Gum Baby and leaned over. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This missing almanac business was not nearly as interesting as highwaymen would have been, but at least now it was all settled. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And that, in Harry’s opinion, settled the matter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We survived our first Arizona summer and settled into Tempe quickly. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The old one opened his mind, but it was the new one that climbed inside, turned several circles, and settled in with a grunt—like a satisfied dragon in a cozy new lair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As for Wang Lung, he said to himself that at last his affairs were settled and his women at peace and he could enjoy his love. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“We are all friends here. It is settled.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In 1906, looking for a place where Harry could make his mark on the world, the young family had left Williamsport, Pennsylvania, headed west, and settled down in Spokane, Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We can head up north,” Mama said after a long moment, once everyone was settled inside. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Had it been so long that the panic had settled into something dull and unrelenting? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I took a cue from my brother, settled back into my seat, and looked out the window for the rest of the ride. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dust settled around him, and an empty legionnaire’s helmet rolled across the stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The chair squeaked as I settled into it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By 1918, nearly fifty thousand black migrants were settled into their new city. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As dusk settled, other, older cubs would begin to appear. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Giving him just long enough to get settled good, I let fly a rock and it hit that tin roof like a gunshot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even this very short journey had turned Ron whiter still, and once they had settled him on the mattress he closed his eyes again and did not speak for a while. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the future, whenever she did find people staring at her and her ugly little boy, Mom settled for staring back. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“And what, sir,” I asked, while he paused, “did you do when you had settled her here? Where did you go?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She turned off one of the lights and settled back in her chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they settled into the random camaraderie of men on the outskirts of a birth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were just a few more questions he needed to put to her before he could allow the matter to be settled. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mikaela put her tray down and settled in next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When all the two hundred and fifty or so boys and girls were settled down in Assembly, the Trunchbull marched on to the platform. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The numbness that had settled on him when he saw the man he loved and admired fall off the fence; something wild ran S> through him when he watched the body twitching in the dirt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When settled into our courtroom seats Tuesday morning, we figured to see the jury selection get finished and the trial begin. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks had now settled in an empty seat, his squashed face turned toward Ron, his yellow eyes on Ron’s top pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I settled on the couch, and for the first time since we got to Hope Springs, I didn’t have that “wearing someone else’s gym socks” feeling. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It hovered above, watching patiently, waiting for me I slept, and the great bird settled its burning wings around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finkle waited until everybody had settled down before handing me the ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yet once they were settled into their new life in Washington, far away from Fabyan, there was no longer any reason to delay. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Antonapoulos crowded into the bus and settled himself with elaborate preparations on one of the front seats. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They settled themselves in some soft moss at the edge of the forest, once they’d checked it for pellets of glass. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I settled in alongside him so my head rested on his chest. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted the silky bedspread in his fist as a sense of weary hopelessness settled over him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure that we settled on an exact—” Terry narrows her eyes and frowns. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We wiped the dust from our toes and settled down for schoolwork, cornbread, clabbered milk, prayers and bed, always in that order. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Bless me, ’ exclaimed the gentleman, not accustomed to apprentices who settled matters while their masters pondered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Herb. The farm here, the people we’re working for— Hideo thinks we could do better. Maybe in Nebraska. But nothing’s settled. It’s just talk so far.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Then it’s settled. You come in tomorrow morning, we’ll fix you up with some gimmicks.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he settled back into home, Louie thought of what lay ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Silence settled over the room quickly, though he didn’t know if it was because people were actually asleep or just scared, quietly hoping against hope the Grievers didn’t come again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“When I found out I couldn’t be a garbageman, I settled for being a movie star, but it was definitely second-best.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later when we’re settled into the room Dad is shaking me out of my dreams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When his eyes settled back upon his captors, it was they who fled. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He settled himself next to the broken glass. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I finally settled down to mild sniffling and then felt a deep calm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had settled back in the armchair, and his pale lips were drawn up in a smile. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of home, and more thoughts of home settled down. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that after I went to sleep, Chester, still stewing over the lost milk, settled down with his latest book and attempted to ignore the rumbling in his stomach. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia eased out of the boy’s grasp and settled more securely among the branches. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The young man settled in a working-class neighborhood, in a wooden shack that seemed like a palace to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed on deck and joined the others as the Argo II settled in the middle of a field of sunflowers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nan was an English major before she settled on nursing and hadn’t managed to shake it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

To a town settled and run by Survivalists. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then she made herself comfortable on one of the visitors’ chairs and settled down to read. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Joana, could you assist me, please? The girls have just arrived from the sanatorium. We need to determine where to put them. Perhaps you could help them get settled?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because they had already been living a settled existence in villages for thousands of years, they may have been pre-adapted to accepting agriculture. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although Regina had spent six years studying to be a physician, she left before completing her degree, took the baby to Paris, and settled there, working as a teacher of English. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we settled in the living room and Farmer watched Catherine play with her stuffed animals, Didi called to him from the kitchen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

By the middle of January 1 had a beard and the winter had settled into bright cold days and hard cold nights. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When she settled into a stillness of deep concentration, he let himself hope what he had so far only wondered: that it might be possible Sarai was not lost to him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter settled back comfortably and began to tell him—not everything, but he never thought for a moment that she would. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The room settled back into a peaceful quiet, save for Chubs’s wheezing snores. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her people was Spinneys that settled here and got the town named after them, or maybe they named it for themselves, same difference. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The tsotsis and the She Elephant settled down for some serious drinking, interrupted only when the jug gurgled or someone belched. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brian had made the decision just as he dozed off in the plane and it had settled into his mind while he slept. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But aS the food settled in my belly, the nagging sensation returned, stronger than before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, he won’t, he’s so tired he will soon drop off and then the matter is settled, for he will understand that he has got to mind. Don’t interfere, I’ll manage him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a lot of it, especially after that day he asked me about his animals, there seemed to be no more shadows left from the past, and we really settled into each other’s company. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed up into the loft, wrapped some hay up in blankets for pallets, and settled into bed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things settled down then, and the people gathered again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When business was settled, one of the Frenchmen said, “Did you hear about Captain Blanchard, monsieur?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overloaded springs sighed and settled lower and lower. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled his weight on the bed beside me and continued. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Matt settled against a roll of blankets with a slice of cold French toast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled into poverty- ridden routine as they watched ship after ship arrive and then depart, making way for a new disappointment to come gliding in on white canvas wings. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff brought his left leg down from the piling, hitched his trousers at the thigh and brought his right up, then settled his elbow on his knee. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It settled out of solution in a white “fibrous substance...that wraps itself about a glass rod like a thread on a spool.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

After breakfast he settled in front of the baseball game. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

North Vietnam had no intention of renegotiating points that had already been settled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I turned away from Juanita and settled into a comfortable position on the floor. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I made a light snoring sound and turned over in the bed like I was getting settled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We settled onto the floor with piles of blankets, huddling together for warmth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When her father was home, the household settled around a fixed point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clancy settled down into his chair but was back on his feet a moment later, when his laptop began to chime. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To her, such matters are private and should not be settled before a public hungry for entertainment. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two boats settled in, rowing in full-sprint mode, the boats streaking down the course most of the way as if locked together. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Fall term settled into a comfortable pattern after that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gave her a smile and settled back into the couch, getting comfortable as the little blue pills started pillowing my thoughts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The king settled back in his seat and took Sansa's hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Plug settled himself in the lee of the house, out of the wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Brian had finally settled enough to measure it and calculate that it was running about sixty-five beats per minute. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He graduated from medical school, got married and had two children, settled comfortably into a lucrative Dallas practice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jasper left me, too, and settled himself by the side of his companion, licking his side. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I breathed, dirt caked my throat and settled in my lungs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching the shirt, my gaze roamed past my phone and settled on the lone picture on the dresser. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were twin Siamese, one too comfortably settled on the bed to do more than twitch an ear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would oscillate through the earth and back, until eventually it settled down at the center. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled in with my dad to annotate maps with new information: construction sites, the burnt-out school... The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just when they were on the verge of sawing it in two, so each would have her allotted share, Papa settled the squabble by giving the oldest one a silver dollar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fool finally gets settled, I hear his whisper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You were taking him for a walk?” she asks when Sherlock’s settled down a little. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

After eleven long weeks, Dr. Porter and his colleagues finally settled on a diagnosis for William. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the apple groves at the edge of town, flocks of grackles settled into the branches for the night, squawking. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the tension in my shoulders release as an immediate sense of belonging settled over me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Very well, my love,” said Mr. Popper meekly, and he settled down with his pipe, his globe, and his book of Antarctic Adventures. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they rumbled along the muddy roads of Paris, an uncomfortable silence settled on the group. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When most of the others had settled down for the night, he suddenly began to leap about wildly through the branches. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her, settled into the rear seat, and then used the paddle to push us out into the river. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The days were shorter now, and the white sunlight cold as it settled onto the field and thought about dropping frost. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With the car doors closed, we settled into a cozy cocoon of black leather and wood trim. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And a heavy, incomprehensible dark cloud of depression and sadness settled over my own head and heart—a nightmarish web of memories that would hover over me for many years to come. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papa told us after we got here, after we settled down and were safe, that thousands of people have died crossing the border both ways. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The small, frail boy usually settled his older brothers’ and sisters’ disputes, Mother Marie said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her bag on the overhead rack and settled onto the seat, stiffly, holding her magazine, her body aligned towards the aisle and away from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So Herbert and Clara say, but I don’t think I shall, Biddy. I have so settled down in their home, that it’s not at all likely. I am already quite an old bachelor.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Time and misfortune, however, conspired against him, and he settled finally on a profession that brought him both freedom and satisfaction. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled back against the table and looked her in the eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some people would end up paying a dear price for their courageous stands against Governor Wallace and the Ku Klux Klan before the dust finally settled. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled, her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I get myself settled at the Dragon. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And Tree- ear had settled down on his sleeping mat, wriggling around for the most comfortable position. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Though Mandela and Tambo had closed its doors and settled its remaining accounts, I continued to do whatever legal work I could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty seconds later, their killers were gone, their monstrous hum fading as they settled back into the fields. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The difference had been settled with the pose of leadership. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least now, everything was settled, she wasn’t battling any more. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto scampered up and settled on top of it, winding his feet through the straps and using them as stirrups. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And now a chill settled over them where they stood, and Harry heard the rasping breath of the dementors that patrolled the outer trees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I almost burst into the Half-Mast at a dead run and settled in against the back wall by the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to keep the supplies mo\\ing but once things got settled I could just stand and watch the game. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and patted my knee until Mouse jumped up and told me about her day, turning and turning until she’d settled into my lap. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the start was called, California jumped out in front and then settled in at thirty-two. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Later, in the living room, Gil settled into the couch with his oxygen tubes in his nose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t steal it. That was settled for all time, in court.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

People had settled themselves around and out from a fire pit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A desolate loneliness settled on me—almost a frightening loneliness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mugs settled, and my pulse rate stopped heading toward a heart attack. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Houses were holding off important publications until things settled down a bit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d eaten about three bites when a raven settled on the telephone pole above and began to croak at them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They settled in the rich farm country around Spokane, in eastern Washington. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently this belonged to the couple, for they settled down as though at home and made no objection when Hazel did the same. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were settled, facing resolutely away from our host and his fatal visage, he commenced rowing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It kicked on, sputtered twice, and then settled into a steady hum. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Brookhaven settled for a cosmotron rated at 2.5 billion volts, though it received the GAC’s explicit promise that it could come back to the well for bigger machines in the future. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There Serafina Pekkala settled on the highest comfortable branch, among the open flowers drinking in the Dust, and the two birds perched nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There is no mammal species that the first settled peoples of that area had more opportunity to domesticate than gazelles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t leave me! I am afraid! Our ancestors said if the matter is not settled, they would begin the cycle of destruction.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skin settled into her as if made for her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We finally settled on a dark green and brown checked coat that was on sale. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” Kote said as he settled the bar of iron comfortably against his shoulder, “There is one other thing. Do you have a spare apron and set of forge gloves?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Back on the highway, Kyril Montana drove a mile and a half south to the eastern turnoff into town where the surviving population of Milagro was settled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only he and Guosim remained at the edge of the quarry with Matthias, who settled any further debate by saying, “I’m going down there for a look around as soon as it’s light.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The grown-ups settled into the living room and launched into a long conversation about the details of what had happened that morning. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Christmas mornings of his youth had been suffocated under an excess of piety, prayer, and silence, as if a giant wool blanket had settled over the house. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They settled into their old home as if they’d never left. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The two Moles settled that part of the business pretty quickly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

An uneasiness settled on me as I jostled and jolted on Plug’s back. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tally settled back and counted the tiles on the ceiling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

During his first week at Camp Green Lake, close to three years before, a scorpion had stung him on the arm, and the pain had traveled upward and settled in his armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Continue north, to the least settled land, the realm of hunters and gatherers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The heavy seas and winds of winter drive the fish into deep water where they stay until the weather is settled and where they are hard to catch. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They usually picked a shady place beneath the trees, where they spread a blanket on the grass and settled in for a few hours. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. But we’re never settled in our home very long.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Summer lapped at the water and settled down at Bran's side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The familiar sadness had settled into her eyes and mouth. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Soon the wind was in their faces and Fledge’s wings settled down to a steady beat. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Resuming my mission to find Emma, I learned from Hugh that she was on a supply run to the village, so I settled under a shade tree to wait. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We were so impressed with what we’d built as we crawled through the doorway and settled ourselves inside. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Every type and variety of humanity seemed to have made it to the coulee that summer, and the most colorful of them had settled in Shack Town. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Susan Marie rocked a full five minutes and while gradually she settled once again the body of her skipper settled, too, into his salmon net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Having learned that day that duck hawks prefer to nest on cliffs, I settled for this site. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was settled, the old man beckoned Catelyn forward and planted a papery dry kiss on her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We settled in “Tent City,” a labor camp owned by Sheehey Strawberry Farms located about ten miles east of Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The driver stumbled back against the bed of his truck, his words drowned out by the thunderstorm of noise that had settled over the three cars. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We settled in our spots as the movie started. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She settled beside me on the couch and rested the shoebox on her knees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When they had settled on the seats, Percy concentrated, and the boat slipped away from the dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She never put anything actual on paper until she had settled her house down at night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She counted eight before she settled into a troubled sleep. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Halfway across there came another loud creak from the snow; a piece fell off near her feet and tumbled into the abyss, and the bridge settled down another few inches against the crack. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After bouncing a couple of times, I finally settled down to earth. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man settled back down in his chair. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother would end up staying with us in Washington for the next eight years, but at the time she claimed the move was temporary, that she’d stay only until the girls got settled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was obvious from the letters he had received from them that the Kansas troubles'1'1 would have to be settled with guns. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I settled in, it occurred to me why it must be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a chair and Lexie settled into it, her face so still that even Izzy could tell something was wrong. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a faint sheet of fog settled low to the ground. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nassau County, Long Island, is the most densely settled county in New York apart from New York City itself. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The baby had settled on one of Mama’s shoulders as Mama sang to it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Penelope's notion that the children ought to be brought inside at once and settled in the nursery met with some resistance from her walking companion, at least at first. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Once Ophie was settled with her warm mug of milk, Aunt Rose sat down as well. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Was I very gleeful, settled, content, during the hours I passed in yonder bare, humble schoolroom this morning and afternoon? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nguyen kept her family going as night settled over the jungle, and the nearby shelling continued. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they settled in front of James’s computer, Emily fanned herself with her notebook. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It settled down to the sand bottom among the fern-like plants. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax pulled back, respectful, but Bristle merely settled herself alongside her brother, her cheek beside his. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I said as the elevator settled with a thump on the ground floor. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I bet he doesn’t show up,” Ritchie says once he’s settled in. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My garments trailed through brambles, and my feet stirred up dust that settled over me and parched my throat with every breath. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

R.C. settled into a shady spot a few yards downstream and was snoring in minutes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The first order of business, once everyone was settled, was the Tolling of the Names. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He left me alone to unpack and get settled, a feat that would have been altogether impossible for my mother. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As we navigated a labyrinth of narrow streets toward the cathedral, a brooding quiet settled over us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Lie down,” I ordered him, and he settled into the wagon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled down in my seat for the journey ahead, one hand on Maxim’s knee. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes roved across my face, which was smarting with pain, and then settled on your cut lip, but she didn’t comment. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With the end of the morning coolness, Richard Parker seemed safely settled below. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone was settled, Thomas found himself upstairs with Newt, Alby and Minho, and they were finally able to finish their discussion from earlier in the courtyard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was a chorus of friendly assent as the men settled onto their stools at the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The dark cloud has settled over my thoughts once again, and I’m only half-aware of what I do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I believe there is still a matter to be settled about my broken pot. It survives a boat ride all the way from Hungary and now it is in pieces.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as we’d settled into the house, Mom threw herself into her art career. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A black gloom settled over the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was soft, and dirt had settled into the notches where the pale straw fibers crossed each other, especially in the crown. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He told Hume to drop the rate yet again, and Hume settled at a surprisingly low thirty-four. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Others settled down in front of the bathhouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Behind him, the wood of the staircase settled back upon itself, after he had trodden it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Well, in a way he had settled that tonight; as time passed he would make it more definite. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mormont gave a whistle, and the bird flew to him again and settled on his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But having learned how to assure a food supply by their own efforts, they now settled down in permanent village communities. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later the shadow stopped; the light settled to a standstill, casting three unmoving planes of brightness into the room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We settled in the living room while Debbie prepared a casserole. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s eye settled on an Egyptian couch we’d bought at a flea market. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a small tornado had settled at the tree line, and snow began to whirl around faster and faster. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The egg continued peeping and wobbling until nightfall, when the gosling inside settled down to sleep and the egg became quiet and still. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charley had forgiven me in a nauseatingly superior way, but now he had settled down to business also. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They paced up and down the hall, settled themselves in the rushes on the floor, only to rise and begin walking about again. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had settled down, found work, and started saving money. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Jean de Satigny settled his wife provisionally in a hotel and turned his attention to the task of finding them lodgings worthy of his new status. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled back in her throne and turned her eyes to the long windows. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpa settled in behind his large desk, Dale and Maddox claimed the oversized armchairs, Lena leaned against the windowsill, and Kendra and Seth found seats on the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The matter is considered settled for the moment, and throughout dessert and after-dinner drinks, the only subject discussed is the circus itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I settled in beside her on the floor by the window seat, and we snuggled under the comforter together. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the scientific side, Galileo had scarcely got settled in Bellosguardo when he became embroiled in a new controversy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This evening I find myself settled here in this comfortable guest house in a street not far from the centre of Salisbury. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She settled for scraps of fish and a little of the jerky that Osh made from beef and blueberries. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once the needle settled, she scratched away on her clipboard, while Fig hurtled off the scale, dashing back to the safety of his carrier. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My eyes settled on a clock tower with stone carvings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were the main attraction of the evening, and when we were settled, the chairman began his introduction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The worry settled over again like a fog. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

For the first thousand meters, the three boats settled in and contended more or less evenly for the lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They settled down to a life of relative comfort. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He settled himself on his throne, laying himself down in coil after careful coil. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything but my books. They’re in boxes in the cellar. If you don’t mind I’ll send for them or come for them after I get settled.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland settled his spectacles and pulled his chair up to the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They seem to have settled down and are now just bantering back and forth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly, more serene than I’d felt since . . . well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thus, growing these crops was possible only for people already fully committed to the settled village life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon his days and nights settled down to a routine. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Bessie settled in San Antonio, where the first of their two sons was born. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then, as our drinks were placed before us, Brother Jack came alive, his mood changing as though in the instant he had settled whatever had been bothering him and felt suddenly free. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reined in our nature walks and settled down to business with a library card. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my hair go back, plaited it up, and settled down to just being ugly. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As silence again settled over the glacier, I felt abandoned, vulnerable, lost. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frightened buzzards had settled back to the ground by the time we got there. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bird settled back on Dr. Taylor M. Martin’s glove and something inside him settled, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When all that was settled to his satisfaction he told me I could leave in a day or two, and went on to the next bed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

If he got settled in Philadelphia, he said, he would send for me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Nemesis mentioned something similar,” Leo said; “She talked about an old score that had to be settled—” “The one thing that might bring the gods’ two natures into harmony,” Hazel recalled. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I asked how long I had to be there, she said until things settled down and Mama got her feet on the ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment the world swirled in a disconcerting kaleidoscope of color, but when it settled, Holly was no longer the defeated elf she had been. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Reality settled on her shoulders, and she felt the cruel weight of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Turner settled in for a quiet and still dinner, and a quieter and more still afternoon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the woods, the cloud of dirt settled. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

A magpie flew up as she walked in, a flash of black and white and iridescent green, and settled in the branches of a yew tree, watching her. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But as we settled into the living room with our glasses of wine, it didn’t take long for the conversation to start flowing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A chickadee left the feeder and settled on her fingertips. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then and there, while the black gnats settled on their ears, by the plank bridge and the pouring waterfall, Blackberry and Fiver explained. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped herself in a matching towel and settled into the chair next to mine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The red leaf settled down in the corner with the other leaves. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At last Sticky nodded, settled his glasses on his nose, tucked away his polishing cloth, and passed through the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We have settled now into our Birmingham life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once one band settled down and started tilling, whether in the Middle East or Central America, agriculture was irresistible. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a tornado of food platters settled onto the table, Percy leaned over and whispered, “I want to show you around New Rome. Just you and me. The place is incredible.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These affairs had not been settled in October. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When we walked back to the house, darkness had settled in and fireflies sparked around our shoulders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles walked back into the gym and settled himself at the scorer’s table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Piggy had settled himself in a space between two rocks, and sat with the conch on his knees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A cat had settled on the wooden bench. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She checked for Nin’s old lock picks in the inner pocket of her vest and settled down to wait. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

How could he have known that just a century before the shoreline had been thickly settled and the deer much more scarce? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You have been running, Jo. How could you? When will you stop such romping ways?” said Meg reprovingly, as she settled her cuffs and smoothed her hair, with which the wind had taken liberties. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane Sharp looked at the girl, settled the fee with Thomas, and rolled up her sleeves. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The penny settled in the hollow of my chest, its weight warm and comforting. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They crept beneath the twigs and leaves, settled themselves in the smooth, curved trough—which soon took on some of the warmth of their bodies—and slept at once. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had me settled, he got in the driver’s seat and headed back out the long, narrow drive. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Zafoona was settled in a bedroom for a quick nap despite her protests that she wanted to help, while the other women retreated to the kitchen to prepare endless platters of food. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She stared at it, then settled dreamily on her limb. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We found a park and settled down on a bench under a large tree, whose thick branches gave us some shelter from the drizzle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The small community was too settled and too frightened to run and hide in the woods because of something in the air and the premonitions of a couple of kids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raided the kitchen, got plenty of warm milk, made myself an omelet with chopped mango on the side, and settled in with my mom’s laptop. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Maya said as soon as they were settled. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

UUhat you need is a nice hot garlic soup,” said Eye as Arm was settled into an easy chair in the corridor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The stone construction of the prison helped blunt the extreme heat that had settled on the city and much of the country, but nothing could keep out the humidity for which Philadelphia was notorious. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

After sending that first signal, Brown settled in to view the fire from his high perch. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I settled back onto my bed, spreading the paper’s narrow pages in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary still took up the entire living room, but she’d settled her head in the kitchen doorway so she could see us, which made her happy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The President settled back, tapping his fingers on the arm of his seat, gnawing his lip, but saying nothing and letting the pilot work unflustered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They settled down an appreciable amount, and began inventing obscene verses to “Tinker Tanner.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the Sillingtons first settled in Clarion County, before there was a state road parallel to the lake, they owned all the land down to the water's edge. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The committee settled on a starting date of July 19. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

First he took a square of Brown Mule out of his pocket, bit off a plug, and settled it in his left cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Marilyn smiled, “Suit yourself,” and settled in a nearby chair with her drink. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was now, on being settled at home, at leisure to observe the real state of her sister’s spirits. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once that was settled, Albert called St. Anthony’s on Joseph’s behalf, looking for Blink. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally it was settled that the cats would have the run of the house, while the yard and driveway would be Grover’s domain. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breakfast came, and I settled in to wait. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

October is gone and November has settled in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Immediately the needle began to swing round and round, and Hannah counted six revolutions before it settled firmly on the marionette. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry at the general store dropped dead from a heart attack after Queen Marie settled her tab with a ruby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They settled upon every branch in the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hazy and distant sort of knowing that settled into me, one part freaky premonition, one part doomed daydream. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was settled in the bole of an oak, eyes closed, shivering violently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You guys floored me,” she told her players when they had settled down enough to hear her speak. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They had taken their money, their statuary and their gloomy oil paintings and had come to America and settled in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point during the ceremony, a feeling of peace settled over me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Many linger to pass additional condolences on to Lainie, though some move off to seek shelter from the rain before the last of the dirt has settled. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By late summer 1938, the Mercury team had settled into a rhythm. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“When a European arrives in the West Indies and gets settled or set down for any length of time, he finds it necessary to provide himself with a housekeeper or mistress,” one eighteenth-century observer wrote. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The country grew more settled, and we passed through towns. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mule I settled on wasn’t the biggest, but it paid me some notice when I walked by. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in their room, the two began unpacking and, before long, found themselves settled in and ready for bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

By now she knew the wheelbarrow meant an adventure—an adventure involving food—and she settled quickly. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

After pouring hot water into a delicate rose-covered cup, Gran settled into the chair next to me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The weight of what she had done settled over her again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The crackers didn’t have much taste, but they settled nicely in Hanako’s stomach, taking away her hunger. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Redemption took the other half and settled into one of the chairs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t in actual danger as long as the troop kept to the rocks, so she settled down to watch their antics. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Mrs. McCullough’s help, she settled the baby against her shoulder. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fadi crept over to the open window and settled under a cool incoming breeze. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They pounced on the She Elephant, and when the dust had settled, she was tied up as neatly as a bale of cotton. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scanned the room and settled on a stuffed tiger to stare at. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As it widened, dust and sand particles carried along with the attack settled in the basin below. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I knock back the dregs that have settled to the bottom of the cup, I feel a slight buzz start to run through my veins. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As he passed through the kitchen, he glanced out the window at the empty street corner once more, then put another pot of coffee on and settled back in to wait. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She humphed and hemmed and slurped her coffee without answering, but as soon as I’d gotten my book again and was settled down on the couch and reading, she said, “It’s onto four o’clock.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we all settled down once Abuela stood next to her cushioned chair at the head of the table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They maintain that the people who drove the Neanderthals to extinction, settled Australia, and carved the Stadel lion-man were as intelligent, creative and sensitive as we are. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, like sloshing oil his thoughts settled back and the panic was gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brothers settled back to their old life, but each took precautions against anger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I settled into the chair and listened to Dell Duke. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The ghostly crowd gave them a standing ovation as the Argo II extended its landing gear and settled on the arena floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was addressed to her, of course, but that didn’t matter; he settled down happily to wait his turn at reading it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Sierra settled in at a desktop computer pad, the rest of the team returned to the Bibliomania board game. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Had Indonesia faced the tropical rain forests and savannas of northeastern Australia, the Macassans could have settled, but there is no evidence that they ever traveled that far. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A morose cloud had settled around the man’s shoulders, and Emily didn’t know him well enough to understand if that was normal or due to his dwelling on Mr. Griswold. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

For the remaining mile and a half, the sophomores settled in and rowed gorgeously—a long, sleek line of perfection—passing under the automobile bridge and finishing a comfortable two lengths ahead of Navy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I realize you must be quite disappointed in the children’s behavior,” Penelope began, as soon as she was settled in her chair. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The BFG settled himself comfortably in his chair and crossed his legs. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Embers settled in the fire; the grass was stirring faintly with the night breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he’d said something that settled like a cold rock in my heart. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came upstairs every evening and settled himself into a sofa in the Chapel, where he would cough and watch TV or read the Old Testament. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One did not say no to the queen's brother, of course, so that had settled the matter, but Stark had not been happy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am glad that’s all settled. Now, can you say ‘hello’?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“And he wouldn’t want you in harm’s way on his behalf. Focus on getting settled in.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They chanted “No Light! No Water!” and “VC is a Goat!” and found themselves carried along with the roaring crowd that settled, finally, in front of the vice chancellor's house. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She settled herself gingerly on the arm of the sofa beside Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now that that's settled do you want to do something fun? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As word spread, an atmosphere of tension settled over Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He closed with the hope that “any question regarding priority in any patent claims ... be settled without acrimonious discussion.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The crowd had settled some, and soldiers were lining up in orderly fashion, thanks to their barking officers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of how his jacket had felt against my cheek, the curve of his spine, and something calm and warm settled in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully, we can get settled in before you go off to college, Seven,” Momma says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

What kind of parties, what kind of food, who did the decorations, how did the seating arrangements get settled, all that kind of thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He returned home after things had settled, as the Years of Discord came to an end, as something like that order you speak of was restored. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, after everything has settled down, I put away my garden clothes and I run the mile loop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the end she settled for one of Lord Ramsay’s quilted doublets and a well-worn pair of breeches that flapped about her legs like a ship’s sails in a storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Papa-Nnukwu was back on the verandah after breakfast, sitting on the stool, with Amaka settled on a plastic mat at his feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After she got us settled, she explained that she had a change of plan for the day. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After that he settled the line across his shoulders in a new place and held it again with his left hand resting on the gunwale. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fell silent again and settled back into our positions against the wall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in Ged's heart a cold shame settled also and would not be dislodged, as he thought always how he had faced his enemy and been defeated and had run. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She doled out sloppy cheek kiss-kisses to Sierra and María, and then settled into a chair at the table. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I waited still, while he settled into a more relaxed cross-legged position, and even when he packed up his rattle and a docked feather. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

People have settled into their New Year’s Day rituals. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

In Roy’s mind, he didn’t really have a hometown; his family had never stayed anywhere long enough for Roy to feel settled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Papa had stopped talking, silence settled over the camp. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the brim of his hat down over his eyes and settled back against a rolled-up mattress. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we got there, a bad, heavy feeling settled over me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The sun settled bright as an ember on the horizon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Papa accepted his apology, and this settled the waters some. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked, trying to clear the dark spots swimming in my vision, but the other girl wasn’t about to wait for me to get settled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes had gone wide as the dust settled and he made out two figures in it: a long brown snake and a small, furry tan creature. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh, don't be silly. You were so devastated by the last person who dumped you. I thought I'd spare you the further humiliation. This way you're all settled." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The disappearance of the trees paused and, when the dust settled to a solid haze, there was a flash of yellow in the gap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He would have done this later in the day, after they had been fed and settled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Instead I settled for, “Do you think you could give me a lesson?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Muthu said as he settled down on a bench to eat. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She had folded them together and settled them high up on her lap. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and get settled in your room. I’ll get lunch together.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Once the taste of earth had settled his heart rate, he decided it was time to implement his escape plan. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A burning stick settled in the fire; a night bird called. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Merry himself felt as if a great weight of horror and doubt had settled on him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could see the bottom through the front windows of the Fabric Barn, and catching little glimpses of it settled my thoughts. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Adjusting the violet dupatta on her gold and pink salwar kameez, Mamma settled against the couch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I settled myself on a length of iron. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The statue settled on the crest of the hill, about twenty feet away from Thalia’s pine tree. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Washington had quickly grabbed a substantial lead, and then settled down to build on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingertips along the chain and settled the pendant on her throat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Every time he did one of these bad things, Gabilan settled back and seemed to laugh to himself. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a lightning storm had settled over her, and they wanted no part of it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If you had a gripe, you settled it outside, where you didn’t risk interrupting the hallowed practice of separating pigeons from their money. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could almost forget about the quiet nights, quiet mornings, quiet, quiet darkness that had settled around our house for the past four months. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Life went on, problems were settled, decisions were taken. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a thick lump of fear force its way down my tight throat, into my tight stomach, where it settled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach settled down a little bit and I started to think again. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

A film seemed to have settled over his eyeballs so that all the faces around him were blurred. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He settled himself upright again and checked the branch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We were given new clothing and settled in two tents. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many affluent families left Pensacola for Santa Rosa County, and military families from nearby Eglin Air Force Base settled there. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Soon, we’ve settled in a karaoke bar in the heart of the Roppongi district, with men in black suits guarding every entrance and exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the last train had pulled out and the smoke from the last Model T had settled, there was an unearthly quiet, as if death had won out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the political upheaval settled down, the mamas would take care of him alongside the other nursery bonobos — but it was only because he’d bonded with me that he’d pulled through and survived. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She did roam around the house during the afternoon because she could not get settled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But she had not had a bold epiphany and there was no cause; it was simply that layer after layer of discontent had settled in her, and formed a mass that now propelled her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He settled back on his haunches in exasperation, looking at the pitiful clump of grass and twigs. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled into the chairs, taking up half the waiting area. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He settled down and went to traveling as quiet as he generally pulled a plow, with just now and then bending his neck around to take a look at what he was dragging. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He named it Red, and Red soon settled down, apparently content to share his friend’s captivity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heard him breathing heavy for a bit, then he started mumbling to himself as he settled back into bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her overpowdered hair left a trail behind her that settled like smoke on the carpet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry to yell. It's just, when I don't look my best, I don't feel settled inside or like my true self." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She and Rodney looked at each of us in turn, then their gazes settled back on Ruth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the dust settled, Hymir got up and walked over to what was left of the granite pillar. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Both of my parents texted me, checking in to see how I slept, if I’m settled in, and saying to give them a call when I get up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Making sure the girls were settled and happy was everything to him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” she said, as her heart jumped up in her throat and settled there, “they just don’t act like themselves anymore? That they were nice and then suddenly they aren’t anymore?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” my mother answered, and we both settled into our seats and tried to find a bout to focus our attention on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But she settled back into her nest and closed her eyes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rolling back down, the jeep turned over on its side and settled softly in the mud. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The hobbits lay down on their blankets with their feet towards the hearth; but Strider settled himself in the chair against the door. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Anatole immediately settled down to driving us anxiously through the dark while I curled around our suckling boy in the backseat, alarmed to see he wasn’t even that—he couldn’t nurse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After weighing his options, therefore, he settled on the most prudent course. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only two things to be settled. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy settled herself at one of the two computers in the library, waited for the modem to connect, and typed Pauline’s name into AltaVista. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At fifty-nine minutes, thirty-two seconds, I stopped, pulled my lighter hunt bag and the rifle off my back, and settled into the nook made by a felled tree. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He settled his head on his forepaws and closed his eyes. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, once we were settled, Dad would continue to point out the criminals, all the while using his Irish whisper, which could be heard in the next town over. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He moved around a few times and settled himself comfortably. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she had settled down with him on her mattress, her arm wrapped around him, and she had read from his favorite book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he went to get them for her, the blouses and skirts were like bright wings of butterflies settled on the branches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

To Roosevelt, the first settlement of Painted Rock Cave demonstrated that the Amazon forest was not settled by a copy or offshoot of Clovis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks tugged at the seams of his pants, rose and swiveled around the edge of the table, then settled in his chair and pressed his palms together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last he settled them in a booth by the window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They shagged a mattress through the fire door and settled down. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of years where we were lost, too much pain drowned in forgetting that came in convenient packages: bottles, pills, cubicles where we settled to move around papers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And when Juana had seated herself and had settled to nurse the baby, Kino went back to the road. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon Father and Mother were as settled in the tea room of our comfortable hotel as two cats sunning themselves at a window. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I settled myself once more under the rug. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All day long the round board settled slowly under the weight of the rock, and whey pressed out and ran down the grooves of the board into the pail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell turned her attention to the small woman, who had pulled over a spare chair and settled herself quite comfortably at Ms. Udell’s desk. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Known as Jimmie, he had come to America in his late teens and settled in Palo Alto, where he had endured the social misery of attending elementary school as an adult. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. McNamara'd settled for a draw in return for the last word. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then he said, "Margaret and I need your help, Nadia. So do the turtles. Sometimes one species has to help another get settled." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his training just as the Korean War settled into a truce, narrowly missing the chance to fly combat missions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Among other areas of interest, their political beliefs and religion—both were Jewish—meshed perfectly, and eventually they married and settled in England. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At first it’s so dark in the boat shed, it’s like a soft blanket settled over my eyes. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The dog lifted its head and watched him for a second, then settled back to sleep. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her own pulse had settled, and the wildfire beating of wings in her head had calmed down a little. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Below them, the last stone ring turned and settled with a deep pneumatic hiss. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Layla, time to let Ivy get settled,” Mom said, reading Ivy’s mind. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Its prongs settled around the grooves in the circular stone structure below. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s settled then. You girls will be excused from classes tomorrow for your fitting, and next week you will attend dinner at the mayor’s residence.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’d settled on the settee, watching her in the circle of light, after the big doings of the day. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently the Reverend Dameron was determined young Andrews should answer not only to the Almighty, but also to more temporal powers, for it was his testimony, added to the defendant’s confession, that settled matters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A weight settled on my shoulders like a cloak of iron. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was George Myers, my biological father, who had left West Virginia and settled in an apartment with his new wife and family in Harlem, a short distance from me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Me too, but I want to have some time to explore and get settled in before I start my internship.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He supposed it made sense in hindsight that a nightmare had impersonated the truth, then settled in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A serene expression settled on his face and then he quietly smiled and said, “So, by choosing to give you the line, I do not lose it.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the doctor’s waiting room the conviction settled in me that my mother would never be well again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had settled down, and he had his son’s football season to look forward to. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled into the shade of the boulders and talked, filling each other in on the news of the past three years. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Jemmy settled himself as best he could, and the coach lurched forward. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression lay somewhere between anger and disappointment but settled into a familiar look of annoyance as Ophie began to stammer out an excuse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He settled on a documentary about a lost tribe found living deep in the Amazon, a tribe that had never before had contact with the outside world. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The silence settled back in around them, comfortable but palpable. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After these words were spoken, a thoughtful silence settled over the men. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, the wind ceased; dust settled over the town almost gently, like a fine lace handkerchief. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tables were surrounded by flying elbows, so I settled next to Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A groaning metallic thud hurt my ears, and the van settled, glass popping, onto the asphalt — exactly where, a second ago, my legs had been. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally we settled on Columbia, after Christopher Columbus, who discovered America. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether the story was true or not, suspicion and dislike settled upon the family, and thirty years had failed to dissipate it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sense of dread settled over him, worse than the day the military officer had come to the door. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, MoMo settled into the enormous bed and watched the state-sanctioned news, which told of the army’s resounding defeat of the mountainside rebels. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Grandmother put the phone in its cradle as a terrible frown settled on her face. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

This night the feeling settled on her heart again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One of the beams settled on the doorway behind the fallen men, where Milligan now stood holding a tranquilizer gun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing to accept no answer for an answer, the students settled into the nonplussed Knight’s house to await a substantive reply. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the explosion had run its course, and we settled into enjoying our meal. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Why, instead, did I feel this odd sense of completion and reconciliation, as if everything between us had been settled long ago? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seagulls cried above the town dock and settled on the spars of ships just off the wharves; the heated air smelled deeply of sheep and tar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

No, it would be better to write to them once they were settled in Mexico. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beetle settled the pack on her back and started for the village. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite common for struggles between children to be settled by their daemons in this way, with one accepting the dominance of the other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or, well, he would have settled for iced tea, anyway, by a crabgrass-free lawn with a sprinkler leaning one direction, then the other, charmingly indecisive. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry!” she whimpered as she settled onto the bleachers, wiping her eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Jack settled the question for them with that contempt in his voice that could sound so funny and so final. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then we found a good spot among some sand dunes at the lonely end of the beach, and there we settled down to sleep for the night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As darkness settled, the Spirit Bear failed to show itself again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When we moved in, she busied herself with getting settled, arranging the furniture, unpacking dishes, hanging pictures on the wall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled at the table with one of Miss Bell’s encyclopedias. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He settled himself on the floor with his back against the wall, listening to a fly buzzing in the sunny window, his mind across the grounds with Hagrid. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

First came the three dogs, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The Men of Númenor were settled far and wide on the shores and seaward regions of the Great Lands, but for the most part they fell into evils and follies. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I did what you said,” said Liz, when we were settled on our usual rock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kulang became a butterfly and settled for a moment on her cheek, but left it to flutter around the other dæmon, who sat still on the boy’s hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next day, after we settled in our cottage, a cardboard box arrived from the captain. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grateful that Hirohito would soon tire his “sisters” out, I settled into my book on the porch. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I settled in a few feet onshore, held Otto to my chest, and rocked him through his complaining hunger while we waited for the dawn. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was just getting settled into my office routine when Steve asked me to go to death row to meet with a condemned man whom no one else had time to visit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He seems to have some settled scheme of his own, but what it is I do not yet know. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cricket took a downhearted leap into the cage and settled himself for whatever might come. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came at last, and settled his mind effectually on one point, for Jo decidedly couldn’t and wouldn’t. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan said it was the fastest way to get settled into a new town. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She had just settled down to read with the book cradled in her lap, and she unwrapped it in swift, smooth motions. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time Smith got settled in and the train whined into motion, Seabiscuit was fast asleep. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he settled there for the night, he would feel as though they were standing guard over him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It arose like a cloud and settled upon her as the plane soared above. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled on Finn, scooping up the little boy in his arms so joyfully that Finn’s legs swung side to side. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It takes a moment for everything to reorient around the fixed point in his chest where last night settled. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We had just settled down to read when An Yi rushed in. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze settled on the top of the distant mountain and Robert changed the unspoken subject. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Clinging upside down to the ceiling, she settled down for a nap, leaving Wilbur very much worried. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hale, who had an owlish face, stiff black hair, and small, alert eyes set in shaded hollows, had settled on the reservation nearly two decades earlier. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi asked when Mr. Das had settled once again into the passenger seat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With every monsoon, the old car settled more firmly into the ground. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cautiously, I eased along and settled into the bed he’d made me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He crept backward, away from the little man, and settled down below Bran's dangling feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a time I looked like an unevenly trimmed topiary, but gradually as I got used to my new life, my skin settled down and I regained my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

His brother was fine, he said finally, and everything seemed to have settled down. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mind let go of its anger and settled on other things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As time went on, life at Down House settled back into a routine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once settled, I was delighted that Thelma was sitting only a few feet away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a rectangle in black, and once it has settled into place, it shakes silently as though there is some kind of seismic disturbance on the planet beneath the quarter moon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At his official residence in the city, Coetsee greeted me warmly and we settled down on comfortable chairs in his lounge. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some parking ticket confetti, caught in a frail wind puff, tumbled across the dirt and settled around the sheriff s boots, which were on the wrong feet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Pita settled down and stopped crying, we were all able to concentrate on the rest of the news broadcast. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A cold chill settled itself along my stomach lining. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Thanks, Mr. W. We settled down for practice. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was not a noblewoman. Her husband made candles and her father was only a poor blacksmith. But her purse was fat, and that settled it!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After dark, these people settled in alleys, where they built cook fires and where they sang and danced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Danny didn’t know of any commentaries on Freud, so he had settled for the next best thing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Weasleys roared with laughter and Harry settled back in his seat, grinning from ear to ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Where Adam settled he intended to stay and to have his unborn children stay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When her body finally settled, somewhere around dawn, she returned home. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Many of those who came settled in our neighbourhood and, as a result, before long my playmates included boys from various tribal reserves. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Huxley and Mrs. Malvolio settled into a twin set of plump white chairs in front of the TV. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Andersons lived in a lovely clapboard house at the corner of Washington and Main, a few blocks past the hubbub of stores and businesses, where the town settled into private residences for the well-to-do. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Anya said, but fear settled into her belly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the second moment he settled down to behave automatically, in the same way as he had always behaved with the quintain and the rings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

From nowhere, a large, elaborate sedan chair was brought forward, which the emperor settled into with great comfort. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He settled one of the broad cushions behind his head, and lit a cigarette. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled genially to young Harry and settled himself behind the cash register. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stars exploded out the top of my head and all of my words and all of my rememberies followed them up to the sun, burning to ash that floated back and settled in the mud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the cave, the girl had settled herself to sleep on her sleeping mat when she heard her brother singing outside. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Boredom has settled in like a cancer in the building, ready to eat away at their sanity. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

W hen the old house had closed its bleary eyes and settled into sleep, Ammu, wearing one of Chacko’s old shirts over a long white petticoat, walked out onto the front verandah. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment Mona’s shadow seemed to arch overhead malevolently, but then Mona settled back into her chair, and she was just an old woman again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He finally settled on an apartment in Gardar Sverrisson’s building on Espergerdi Street, in a residential section on the east side of Reykjavik, too far to walk downtown, but accessible by two buses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We wrapped ourselves in the extra pagnes offered to us as blankets, and settled down on the floor to sleep among strangers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we got settled down and began to eat, though, things relaxed a little between us and we began to talk. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ted Skopinski was the trajectories guy, elaborating on the math describing the path taken by a space vehicle as it left Earths surface and settled into orbit around it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once they were settled in, he didn’t allow them to brood over their circumstances. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He finally settled down when a pickup truck arrived towing a boat trailer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was impatient to be going, and so was she; they got back in the canoe, settled Alice and the child as comfortably as they could, and pushed off once more onto the flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I should never have said Mrs. Collins was settled near her family.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Before she could go out on deck, the outer door opened and Ma Costa came down, swathed in an old tweed coat on which the damp had settled like a thousand tiny pearls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I took the newspaper, settled back on the couch, and found the article. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have been able to put into words why, but it felt like a new weight had settled on my shoulders. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Louie dropped back, and the field settled in for the grind. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have settled down here and gotten to be such a stick-in-the-mud I don’t even like to go out! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I’m fortunate, I’ll only be here until spring. Unless my father decides that a man from Adarlan might make me a good consort, and then I’ll be here until that matter is settled.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t expect you to start until tomorrow. I wanted you to have time to get settled in.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They grew quickly and could be harvested within a few months of sowing, a big advantage for incipient farmers still on the borderline between nomadic hunters and settled villagers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everything, however, went on smoothly, and was finally settled according to Charlotte’s first sketch. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Still, I must keep on with it, he told himself as he settled more comfortably on his mat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As winter settled in, the German radio blared out urgent appeals for Winter Help, a program to aid the soldiers and German families living in German-occupied territories. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And since they had already witnessed how Big Ma hadn’t spared me from a small taste of what was waiting for us, Vonetta and Fern pulled apart and settled down on both sides of me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

One way or another, everything will be settled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I settled in a corner of the back seat with my notepad, ready for random thoughts. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s settled then,” Bernice said, a sad smile on her face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Earlier in June a zone of high pressure, the “permanent high,” had settled over the middle Atlantic states and driven temperatures in Philadelphia well into the nineties. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the rest area, in my car, for another half an hour, until everything had settled down, and saw who emerged as the victor. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After the kids were settled in their sleeping bags, Mary Ann appeared and confronted her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

By the time I settled on a plain glazed, Calista was behind the counter, showing him pictures of her “work in progress” on her phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then you fixed the antenna when you settled on a show. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

As Harry sat down, a furry ginger cat with a squashed face jumped onto his knees and settled there, purring. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I settled onto the stone bench under the pennant pole next to my two friends. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve settled on a stroll through Central Park, and I have plans for where I can kiss him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Our vows ... we are sworn to protect the realm ...” “Once the free folk are settled in the Gift, they will become part of the realm,” Jon pointed out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

An extraordinary assortment of people had already settled into half of the chairs; shabby and smart, old and young. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was July, and the summer doldrums had settled over the chandlery. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the blinding dust had settled a bit, the boy trembled at what he saw. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bordonis were Swiss, but Mrs. Bordoni was the daughter and heiress of a Spanish family that had settled in the Salinas Valley in very early times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still unconvinced, Fflewddur settled himself against a tree root for his turn at guard. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were rules, many rules, about what you could and could not do, as Mia and Pearl began to learn as they settled into their new home. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soraya and I settled into the routines—and minor wonders— of married life. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was already back behind the counter by the time I settled myself into the window display. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled up a chair, and the boys settled on the bunk beds to listen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, the chemical case was settled out of court, which meant that much of my document reviewing had been for nothing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The battle lasted an entire day, and when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, it was Dimarion who remained standing, and it was Dimarion who claimed the diamond.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mother looked after Neil when I moved from Raleigh, and flew her to Chicago once I'd found a place and settled in. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Watching is not seeing, dead girl. The water dancer sees. Come, put down the sword, it is time for listening now" She followed him over to the wall, where he settled onto a bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His sapphire eyes settled on me and stayed there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the goats that had settled around us lifted their heads and listened to the coyote’s call. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A cloud of fruit flies rose up in the air and settled again. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A few others added their voices in agreement, and a sadness settled on her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One of the rats woke Cora with its teeth and when she settled herself, she crawled across the dirt of the platform in her search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The cool, rich liquid flowed down Dicey’s throat and settled gently into her stomach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the Indian fighting had become like dangerous cattle drives—the tribes were forced into revolt, driven and decimated, and the sad, sullen remnants settled on starvation lands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But after things settled down a bit, and I had dinner while listening to Johanssen's Beatles music collection, I got depressed again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stevens settled in the cart with the tools. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I settled into his pillow, my head next to his, and we watched his African dwarf frog swim back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tank. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Frightful and I settled down to living in snow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let your heart have ears, my uncle, my friend. We are not baby skunks, you and I. Time has settled some of our problems.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since nobody liked sitting behind Grandma, we settled on the back row. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lockton helped his wife as she stepped up and settled on the padded seat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had settled in, Joyce’s mother pulled out a clipping from the local newspaper and showed him the headline: “Joe Rantz Makes First Crew.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ron, Hermione, Bill, Mrs. Weasley, and the black dog came around the screen and settled themselves in chairs on either side of him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As I settled into a chair, I thought about all the earlier times when we had gone together to the wrestling matches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As I settled in, a knock sounded at the door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Jack’s father got Mama and the children settled into a first-class compartment on the train. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur, coming behind her sheepishly, moved past her and, almost slinking, settled in a chair by the fire. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The odor evaporated; the leaves were still, the mud settled. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had taken their share, the women and children settled on the floor around the sofrah and ate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Along with her brother, her son, and a team of household servants, Cleopatra settled in for an extended stay as Caesar’s guest. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

After all those tumultuous months, filled with turbulent thoughts, anxiety attacks, and headaches, it was finally settled. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fog of depression had settled over everyone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They had barely settled in when the government came looking for Elizebeth again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

After breakfast things settled down to a boring normal. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whole clouds of them lifted, chattering, into the sky above the wood, and then settled, only to lift again. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled his glasses on his nose and watched her for a second. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I settled the covers over her again, then watched them both, amazed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as we get settled, though, all the giggling stops, and Isabella has a coughing fit. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody in the car settled down, and Hanako went back to sleep. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It sagged as he settled his weight on it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I settled on getting raised from the dead, since a big part of me still felt dead as a doornail. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I settled myself in and faced west. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They settled in villages and planted corn and squash, bush beans and berries. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at his neck, settled into rolls of fat, and imagined him prying the folds apart as he bathed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dry and fed, Ralph settled himself in front of the telephone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet trepidation settled over the Howard barn in the week before the Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man identified himself as Archie, and as the two settled into a more peaceful conversation, he revealed to Bloom that he had spent a decade in London serving as a rich man’s bodyguard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Silently, the clay figures floated from his hand, drifted in the air, then settled to the ground at opposite ends of the courtyard. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Abra sat down on the ground, or rather she seemed to drift down, and her full skirts settled in a billow around her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

June and Robin settled on the sofa as Dad led Ivy over to the beds. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With this settled, the small wasi filled with the gentle noises of the night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He seemed distraught, as if the pain of the whole world had settled in his soul. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He settled the sack around his shoulders and put the skiff on her course. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s dead words fell like bricks around the audi-torium and too many settled in my belly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an alternative, the designers settled on silver. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They watched as darkness settled on the boardwalks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She might have married and settled on a more conventional path if she had not spent several weeks each summer visiting her cousin Gerrit Smith in Peterboro, New York. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought I had it settled long ago, you see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buses would be filled with women and children, and one of the women would certainly volunteer to look after Bri and Julie until they got settled in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After the chair was settled and Ophie had taken a deep steadying breath, she placed the quilt from the wing chair on the rocker. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The web slowly settled over the Cauldron-Born, but the pallid warriors paid it no heed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He found supper in the storeroom, drank from the water jar, and settled himself under the acacia tree, prepared to watch every motion Gebu made if he should come into sight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she settled in for being a friend. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I settled myself into her and her into the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We ended up sitting together, dissecting our evening with Captain Carroll and the fragile peace that had settled over Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Nothing can be actually settled yet, perhaps,” replied Emma, smiling—“but, excuse me, it must be thought of.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Marly wanted to ask, but she couldn’t for the big lump that settled square in the middle of her throat at the very idea of Mr. Chris being sick at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once upstairs, George settled into her seat and began the assignment written on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

As evening settled in, the camp came alive around us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Once everyone had settled in, he raised his glass and said, “I’m so glad you could make it tonight. Let’s begin with a toast to Marcus, who brought us all together in the first place.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her heartbeat only settled after the hasira leaf’s power took effect and the lurid yellow glow in his eyes slightly dimmed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That said, she settled back down and ate another bean, chewing primly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It clung to my wool cloak and settled on my shoulders far more heavily than the weight of Sumac. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But a panic worry settled on them about how she was going to have the baby.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then he came again on the following morning with a yellow legal pad tucked beneath his arm and, a cigar between his teeth, settled down on Kabuo’s bed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As if every human and every creature and every gas and liquid and speck of dirt and granule of sand and gust of air settled all at once, and all was right in the universe. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As with Knighthood, Smith settled in to work on the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Aunt Sissy, he’s been married seven years and it’s settled by now—whether he’s happy or not.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found her female relatives and the children settled around Grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We arrived back at the square with all possible expedition, our nerves in no settled state. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I took her from her mother and we settled on the wagon seat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Unruffled, Tanin settled in behind the desk and blew across the surface of her tea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once the dust settled, a cool breeze blew between his wrists, hovering just above the desert floor and carrying pink cactus flower petals. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And they stood in the quiet of the snow as it settled all around them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When everything was settled and agreed upon, Sissy announced to her friends and family that she was starting another baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal door swung open, and Leo settled to the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We settled on a patch of grass, and taking off our sandals, we swung our feet into the brown water. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paid all the seasonal workers and settled all the accounts. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

We settled in a corridor made of huge marble blocks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled my suitcase behind me as dusk settled. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But she soon settled down and was lively and talkative—as if to distract us from the sad mission we were on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shiver ran through Ekon, and a solemn quiet settled between them like dust as they continued on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Macon unlocked his door, walked over to his desk, and settled himself behind it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I settled for this: “Maybe Baba was right.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went right down the center, where the part would have been if the Brillo pad could have been tamed, then settled both hands on his hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was near Christmas by the time all was settled: the season of general holiday approached. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kendra claimed the other one while Grandpa settled in behind his desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We focused on getting settled, making a home, and enjoying being together. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s fine. Thanks for asking. Not quite settled on a school, though.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"The little kids will be home in twenty minutes or so," she said, "and we'll eat dinner around four thirty. I like to have everything settled before Richie comes home." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sixteen, and it was settled, though we had not spoken a word to each other. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was settled he opened the crate of strawberries and picked them over with finicky care. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The dust had hardly settled when a large man came striding around back of our wagon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It got some hoots and hollers, which Toby enjoyed, but once Tyler was gone and the class had settled back down, the disappointment snuck in. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Anatomically modern humans may have settled Australia before they settled western Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A solid cloud of disapproval settled over the dripping girl, more chilling than the April breeze. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the dizziness settled, she opened her eyes once more and saw that Scythe Curie had pulled her chair closer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The peaceful silence of the night settled in him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually everyone settled down to sleep as well as they could in the creak and jolt of the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, they settled on a more traditional protest at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Not till we get this settled,” the man with the mole growled. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without talking we cleared snow from a corner of the platform and got our gear settled. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll call you tomorrow,” he said, but she had hardly settled into the car when her phone beeped with a new text message from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place.The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

After Linda helped the kids undress or roll up their trousers, she settled herself on a large warm rock, cradling their clothes in her arms. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The visitors sat on a couch and chairs, and the general settled behind his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled into place as if he’d been there all her life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the phial a liquid poured, turned to blue mist, settled about her neck, quivering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swallowed me into a bear hug, then settled back in his chair, humming along with the CD still playing in the background, and picked up the laptop to resume his scrolling. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the following weeks William planned and sketched and eventually settled on his final design. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

But then he took a deep breath, exhaled, and settled into an empty row. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mind grew more receptive, the Whisperer’s wrinkled messages straightened, and Mr. Curtain had at last settled into some real, productive work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her two sisters—the other Furies—swooped down and settled next to her in the branches of the poplar. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On top, I settled a folded note, offering my help. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

That settled it for me; I would never mention it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said after we all settled around the adobe room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then it’s settled. I’ll talk to the owner. He’s a friend of mine.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you mean, Marly? I thought you meant it was all settled.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Usually. I’m going to let you get settled. If you need anything, I’ll see you at the banquet tonight.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I felt myself naked and fragile, an intruder, and my eyes, searching for anything but the bearded faces to look at, settled, finally, upon the sidewalk at my feet. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Staggering, she eased him onto the bed and settled him back on the pillows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her craving settled on the red liquid coursing through the other woman’s veins. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have settled ourselves on the sunny side of the hut. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Howard finally got there, my temper had settled down from a boil to a simmer. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could smell the pigeons who sometimes settled outside the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Booth and Herold had unrolled their blankets and settled in for the night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the war is over, he believes that the issue has been settled by combat, that God has passed judgment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Estha settled against a distant pillar and they sat through the performance like this, separated by the breadth of the kuthambalam, but joined by a story. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Ulster Scots arrived in the British colonies, they settled in Pennsylvania and in other British-held areas on the homelands of several Indigenous nations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them settled down to rest at the foot of the rocky wall of the gully. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, several weeks later, after she was settled in and beginning to make friends among the other girls, she was called in for insemination. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Back in her cabin, Jinny found that someone else had settled the two small kids into her bed together, tucked them neatly in. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As her tension built up, a warm calm settled on Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The landing site was at the near edge of the great desolate region, a peat-marsh too boggy to be farmed or settled, and now in mid-Irrem a flat frozen waste many feet deep in snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy settled nearby with coffee, sipping quietly from the cup, her alert eyes fixed on the tube. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rector from the nearby hamlet of Berwick came looking for an apprentice and, thanks to Mistress MacGregor's praise, settled on me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing that flew down swept them aside with a brutal blow from her wing, and then settled heavily on a ledge just above the children’s heads. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He settled in the water next to the grounded raft and spoke to Derek’s face. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Compton settled the argument by fiat: the pile would move to Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of him coming back to me settled my racing heart. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Adam read the telegram from the commission house and he settled back in his chair and a strange enduring smile came on his face and did not go away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He switched on the light and the ward settled down again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the boys—now officially the U.S. eight-oared Olympic rowing team— settled in at Travers Island they were, largely unbeknownst to them, beginning to become national celebrities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant settled back, and the driver felt his throat for bruises. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A contented silence settled over the table as everyone ate their fill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a veil, like a thin mist, a weariness settled on Siddhartha, slowly, every day a little thicker, every month a little darker, every year a little heavier. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Appalled, I released him and settled back on my knees. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The first time she lived in Flushing was decades ago, after leaving London, when she had first settled in America with her husband and two daughters. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not their mother,” she answered, as if that settled it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a lurch in his stomach and clenched his muscles against it; but it only lasted a few moments, and then the aircraft settled on the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He settled his crew in, rowing at a steady twenty- eight and began to watch the backs of his rival coxswains disappear down the river into the dusk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We climbed into the wagon and settled down among the baskets and sacks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like that sudden chill in her bedroom had settled in right under her heart, lodged into her like an icy splinter. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When he was settled she looked at him and said, “Don’t you think this ‘frindle’ business has gone far enough? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In whispered conference they made a plan and settled in to wait. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And, since they always settled their differences by doing what none of them really wanted, they rarely got anywhere at all—and neither did anyone they met. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment it felt as if her bones had spontaneously reshattered, but the feeling passed and settled into jaded resolve. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had settled into the gray funk deeper and still deeper until finally, in the dark, he had gone up on the ridge and taken the hatchet and tried to end it by cutting himself. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it was a congregation of students, everyone was sitting with their roommates, so I settled into a pew with mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Gram settled back for a nap while I said a few thousand more prayers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As she settled into her routine, Mami decided she needed help, and she turned to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wild was the wrestle which should be paramount; but another feeling rose and triumphed: something hard and cynical: self-willed and resolute: it settled his passion and petrified his countenance: he went on— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She raised her hand and he settled on it, his long, transparent wings vibrating. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The distinct feeling that someone was staring at her crept up her spine and settled into her brain. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The cold had settled deep in his bones, and his legs were so sore he could scarcely walk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From down the hall came the sound of tinkling silverware and the scrape of a chair being settled in its place. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jule settled on taking off her rings and putting on joggers and a T-shirt instead of the maxi dress she’d been wearing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But now that the train was gone, there was a powerful silence that settled along the tracks in the moments before the songbirds picked up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ebgard was assisting someone else when I arrived, so I settled myself on the one spare chair. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

After moving around a bit we finally settled in the town of Wilkes-Barre. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first German residents of this town with no creek and no mill actually settled here during World War I, when Hate the Hun campaigns were heating up in other, more populated regions of America. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the world darkened, Dany settled in and closed her eyes, but sleep refused to come. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thus, within a modest time span, enormously diverse island environments were settled by colonists all of whom stemmed from the same founding population. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had settled so low in the water I couldn’t reach her collar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It saddened her that Aunty Uju had settled merely for what was familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He kept going until his heart settled down before he opened his eyes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They were quickly settled in the new place. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t jerk awake this time; I settled into my body, happy to have it back and all to myself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Released by Dr. Dale, Pete settled down on the front seat of his owner’s automobile and purred all the way to Holcomb. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had Goldstein settled for these weasel words, she would have undermined her analysis before it began. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Minus the fact that there had been no progress in our immigration status, my parents finally felt settled in the United States. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with the pile of wood he had gathered, Cole settled in beside the smoky, sputtering flames and gazed out toward the mouth of the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Hugo settled into the sofa and stared straight ahead, saying nothing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both boys were barely settled before the door blew inward, cascading across the foyer floor in splinters as if obliterated by a stick of dynamite. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"It's settled, Anu," she said, and threw big sunglasses over her eyes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I settled deep into the shelter of the tree, my body going limp as tension drained. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed, glanced at his father to see if he had heard above the ticking of the clock, and settled in to write about seeking divinity. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She tried to roll over, but the pain was too intense, so she settled for turning her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hush, Walter. Now look, Tristan, over there ” She started playing tour guide as we drove up to the house, and I settled back, unable to shake the tingling feeling that something weird was going on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Late that night they settled in at the Alpha Delta Phi Club for one last night’s sleep before their even grander adventure commenced the following morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It gets easier, Mia—missing them and feeling guilty and helpless that you couldn’t save them. Oscar kind of settled into my memory, and I take him with me. Does that make sense?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A feeling of contentment settled over Frightful, and she rested from her long journey. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Shamim hurried to get tea for their guests while the group exchanged pleasantries and settled down on the cushioned floor of the living room. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Miles and I sat under Red Witch Bridge until darkness settled in for good around us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Handing over three of her precious dollars to the driver, she settled herself in the corner of the carriage. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Smart adhesive flexed against her skin as the mask settled onto her face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A shiver of unease settled over him as he stared out into the sprawling store. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Gray Horse, in the western part of the territory, consisted of little more than a cluster of newly built lodges, and it was here where Lizzie and Ne-kah-e-se-y, who married in 1874, settled. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Asta became a fly and flew as far as she could from Malcolm, stopping when it began to hurt, and settled at the very top of a bulrush so she could watch the man clearly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I made a show of looking around, let my eyes land on every sorry piece of gristle in the room, but the name had already settled into me, so I left the best for last. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Helmuth thought about wearing his Hitler Youth uniform, but settled upon wearing good brown trousers and a white shirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we're settled, I take her right hand and press my money into her palm. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the stream from the stretcher above lessened and started to drip again and I heard and felt the canvas above move as the man on the stretcher settled more comfortably. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At his mention of secrets my mind settled on one that had been bothering me for months. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hey, don’t forget where you left off felt mildly inappropriate, so I settled on a basic “Nice to meet you, sir.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

During this time Robert's mother had settled an allowance on him, about three hundred dollars a month. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But then the girls settled into a sweet disharmony that brought tears to Theresa’s eyes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fairy looked down at him, tinkled something that he couldn't understand, and settled on the side of the kitchen cupboard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I will be leaving for Tarbean tomorrow to fetch necessary materials for the upcoming term. If it is there I will bring it back. The matter of the boy’s claim can be settled then.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I was done, the silence settled over us, still and soft, like a veil. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t shake the uneasy feeling that has settled on me like dust for days—have I been doing something wrong, or un-Islamic, by spending so much of my time singing and playing piano? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he settled in front of the TV than a Mother Paula’s commercial came on, promoting the weekend special: $6.95 for all the pancakes you could eat, plus free sausage and coffee. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally settled on dairy, Felix stepped forward to pick up the check. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He settled in as if he planned to stay forever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as things settled down, Gregor made a beeline for the hospital. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I settled down in my seat and began to unwrap the sandwich Grandma had made for me, I noticed a group of boys moving in close to me, much closer than usual. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks settled her load of literature onto a nearby shelf, crossed her arms over her chest and leaned up against the book stack. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

With a cyclone roar, the big tree crashed to the ground, and then silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t answer, he settled into a doughnut shape, tail wrapped around himself, and closed his eyes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I came to visit her, we settled on the warping floorboards, where Felicia ate her meals with a serving spoon. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a frugal meal he wrapped his habit tight about his body to ward off the chill breeze and settled down to sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Grandma settled at the foot of the table. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The war would be over as soon as this matter with Poland is settled, and now, thanks to our Führer, it is." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

When it became abundantly clear that I hadn’t inherited a shred of his athletic talents, he settled for trying to turn me into a passionate spectator. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I settled back into my house from this journey to the edges of the earth, my head was spinning. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fighting was over, and the silence of the grave had settled over the Red Keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After a heavy supper we settled in the room of my uncle Mateo, because he was the storyteller. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally settled in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931, palming himself off as a minister, and inspiring awe with the way he spoke English. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air seemed clearer now: The dust had settled, and the stench was gone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lacking a consensus on what the American Revolution had intended and what the Constitution had settled, Federalists and Republicans alike were afloat in a sea of mutual accusations and partisan interpretations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The first cornfield was the beginning of settled life on earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see everything, of course, and he did think it unusual, but he got over it in a hurry and settled down to helping me prepare the meat for turtle soup. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he settled on a production method, Seaborg beat the deadline by four months. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

By winter, things in Baldwin County had settled down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey couldn’t see how they’d make it to Bridgeport, and a cold panic settled in her stomach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So—it’s settled,” he said, reaching out as though to pat her again, but Lyddie quickly shifted her arm to escape the touch. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he climbed up to the imposing leather chair and settled in, what stood out most of all were his huge eyes peering through thick horn-rimmed glasses. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let's get going. We can’t make light tonight, so we need to hurry if we want to get camp settled in the barn.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

For two years now, the Taliban had been making their way toward Kabul, taking cities from the Mujahideen, ending factional war wherever they’d settled. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once this was settled, we sat down and mentally went through our circle of acquaintances, trying to come up with a single person who would blend in well with our extended family. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

David’s hand settled on her shoulder, bringing her to a halt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And we were careful not to touch, so careful it felt like some repulsing magnetic field had settled between us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

During the next week, Cole settled into the monotonous routine of the detention center. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It settled on the porch near my feet, and I stamped at it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Pulling gracefully and efficiently, they gradually overpowered Navy and settled in behind Cal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dasch reminded them that they were not to commit any sabotage until both teams were settled in America. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Master snapped, as if Ugwu were somehow responsible for the tension that had settled in the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She settled on two pleated skirts for me but hadn’t put back the jumper Lucy had shoved in her hands. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

One time we settled on this little old woman hobbling through the mall with such pinch-faced purpose, we decided she was the perfect serial killer of the day. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Seeing Matthias in those colors settled a different kind of cold into her bones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was dressed in old clothes, Louie dragged me to the back of the barn and we settled in to watch. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She settled back against her pillow, trying to forget her dream, in which a red-tailed bird had turned into a dinosaur and was lunging toward her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The ship settled into the bay’s relative calm. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Willibey explained that when a new kid comes to school, their Backpack Buddy shows them around and tells them the rules till they get settled. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

My grandfather’s house was the biggest one in the village, and it was rightly so, because after all the village had been largely settled by the Lunas. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He settled us into a routine this way, a schedule. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had no money, so we settled for the blood, which was free. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi settled into his place in front of the house, next to an altar with a picture of Don Berto holding his machete. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My father settled in his chair, rubbed his eyes, eyed me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s head was spinning, and a long tense silence settled across the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The pose he settled on was something like a baseball player sliding into third base, but with his head propped on his elbow as if taking a nap. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sam beside him was more uneasy: he woke many times, but there was never a sign of Gollum, who had slipped off as soon as the others had settled to rest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Then it is settled. We are The Souls." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Early on, she settled on heart attacks— events with a known cause and a quick dramatic arc—as a way of illustrating how illness plays out differently in different classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

What we didn’t know was that a spider had also settled itself near the ceiling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

These last two Avenues were where the Italians had settled. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched them with wide eyes, frightened they’d awaken, but then they all settled back into sleep. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the furniture was impressively old, heavy, and sent out signals of permanence and settled judgment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The little brunette is mine, we have settled all that. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he settled back on his elbows again to wait. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He gave me the package and waited as I settled it in my basket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his heart had settled back to normal, he inched farther up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He settled for brushing his teeth and taking off his boots, and then he lay down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The glass men and women settled into Elinor’s attic, and the trolls dug caves among the big old trees that grew in abundance in Elinor’s garden. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For seconds his deep voice was still, and silence settled over the mountains. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved how the room got noisy as the Allies piled in, dumping their backpacks in the corner and peeling off layers of winter wear as they settled into a circle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Fear sank and settled at the bottom of the deep water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asta became a moth, and as she settled near another crack in the wall, Malcolm felt a shock as she saw something. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One day towards the beginning of 1610 Johannes Kepler was walking across a bridge in Prague when a few snowflakes settled upon his coat. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was not our place to question the regent, and as far as he was concerned, the matter was settled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She believed that the issue of female suffrage would not be settled until a woman was arrested for voting and a test case was brought before the courts. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Walter's claim against Monroe County for Sheriff Tate's misconduct could not be settled, so we appealed the case to the U.S. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

While Maria settled into Frankfurt to deal with the family crises, her husband remained in Nuremberg. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Seven on bottom, four in the middle, and one on top, but it looked misshapen, so I took it apart and settled for plain rows. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They settled to work in the smallest bedroom, which was kept, according to Griphook’s preference, in semidarkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And despite it was crowded at our house, we all settled down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I settled them on the floor and gave them each a bowl of sweet milk into which I’d crumbled cold cornbread. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must have settled in to work, or breakfast. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Only a minute or two after we settled in, I heard voices speaking in Arabic, along with gunshots and laughter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said as we settled onto our lab stools and started rearranging our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As we got settled to the tune of “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” I found myself sitting next to Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Sounder had pushed with his hind feet and dug a hole into which he had settled. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kind of weariness settled on Adam as they went over the litany for the fourth time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several weeks later, they had settled on an escape plan. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His wife had settled near the back and was smiling at him, all warmth and support. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

With striking uniformity, these travelers reported that New England was thickly settled and well defended. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fadi’s eyes widened as a cold numbness settled over his chest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Before he can ask I add: “The trucker who killed my dad and brother fell asleep behind the wheel. He’d been working three shifts in a row. They settled with my mom.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I settled back, waiting too, and finally fell asleep. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As her small fingers rested in his palm, a warm, satisfied fullness settled through Fadi’s body. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, everybody settled down, the class started. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Various other questions concerning arrangements here in the house during my absence will need to be settled. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

General Peckem drifted toward the window, laughing quietly again, and settled back against the sill with his arms folded, greatly satisfied by his own wit and by his knowledgeable, blase impudence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Finally she settled herself with the outspread robe and placed the frame around the newest section waiting to be repaired. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, I accept,” he said, looking up at the dogs who had settled 6n the top step. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have received a note from Dr. Trefusis, who is settled at a tavern in town. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was not sure where to look; and then I settled on a point above their attorney’s head. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He settled his hands in his lap and smiled. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He settled his hat on his head and shifted his holster. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She had settled on zoology recently, after having one eye glued to her telescope for what seemed like forever. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He climbed a ladder that was leaning against the overhang and settled himself onto the roof with a bucket of clay and a trowel he used to spread it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

One time, Papa said, when he and Mama had first settled there, they’d run clean out of salt and had to beat up pieces of the rock and boil them in water. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, his face settled back into businesslike detachment when Yishan reached into his bag and waved a gold coin. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of practical and comfortable considerations settled atop the spark inside her like a thick, heavy blanket. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you will. You’ll want to grow up like all the other girls. Anyway, there’s compensations for a settled form.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once everyone else was settled in the Hall, Professor McGonagall told the champions and their partners to get in line in pairs and to follow her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We settled on a buck a shirt for two hundred shirts, and after Hank saw our logo, he said in the name of community he’d print them up for free. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The smell of fake lemon cleaner and bleach assaulted my nostrils as the sheet settled around me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Missing settled over the girls like a sudden coat of snow shaken loose from an awning, and they moved forward on autopilot, dazed smiles in place, and stated their names and representative states. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They had strong castles and wicked retainers, who found more opportunity for wickedness under their leadership than they would have found in a settled state of society. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had changed into my nightgown and settled in at my desk to write my cousin Joana a letter. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She took them whenever she settled somewhere semipermanently. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held a beaker of muddy brown liquid up to the warm, wavering light and put on his spectacles to peer at the thick sediment that settled to the bottom like river sludge. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He settled it and took the paintbrush in his hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As the coffin settled into the dirt, it made this noise, almost like a breath, you know? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of sleepy snow birds rose from the thick cane, flitted over, and settled in a row on the old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled beside him on the ground, and a sweet smell filled the space between them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They absorbed the restrictions and made sketches and measurements, trying out different designs until they settled on the best specification. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The late afternoon turned to gray dusk around them as Brooklyn settled into another summer night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When everybody is finally settled, a balding man with a fringe of white hair comes onstage to stand behind a podium. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The silk settled onto a massive, powerful shape and transformed into iridescent scales. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The silence that followed as they settled and unfolded their napkins would easily have been dispersed by Jack Tallis introducing some barely interesting topic while Betty went around with the beef. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I settled into the old couch and figured this show would at least be entertaining, because as far as I was concerned, it was the furthest thing from reality. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Oliver looked at the presents from his family and a strange feeling settled over him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The heaviness that has settled around my heart is getting to the point where it is slowly being crushed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He settled by Fidelito, who was ecstatic to gain the approval of the newcomer. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma closed all her windows because the dust from the road never settled. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tsar’s eyes slid away from Ilya and settled on the trio behind him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The purpose of their visit was twofold: to see how we had settled in, and to verify that we still did not want to appeal our sentences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember once shortly after we were settled in Los Angeles, I tried to describe to a neighbor what it was like to be starving in the ghetto. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She settled herself at once to walk the mile or so to the bus station, stopping to put on her thin jacket against the November wind. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the family settled down, Gul Khan’s teenage son brought a starter salad to their table, along with glasses of dogh, a yogurt drink filled with chopped cucumbers and mint. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The upper wind settled in the West and deeper and wetter clouds rolled up to spill their laden rain on the bare heads of the Downs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, old womanish, as if he were, though still spiteful, slightly embarrassed, he got back up onto his treasure pile, stretched out his wings, and settled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Till finally he settled into pictures, and that seems to have stuck. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He settled against the pillows and closed his eyes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But he paid her no attention, and I stood in the doorway and watched as he settled her in the skiff and rowed her across the channel. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Later I cut a blackgum twig to chew on and settled myself comfortable on the ground with the stump for a back rest. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had hardly settled on it when one of her maids came soft-footedly across the marble tiles to her side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Looking at Thomas, she shrugged and settled back to listen. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yawned and settled back to think of those lobsters. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he settled on: “It was positively cold blooded.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Lord Robert wants to see him fly," she said, as if that settled the matter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In some exceptional cases, when food sources were particularly rich, bands settled down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, in this time between childhood and adulthood, she settled in to learn her trade. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That is to say, I feel the sudden blast of this terrible truth, yet I know the full ramification of it hasn’t settled in yet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had moved to West Texas in 1949 from California when the Snyder boom was on and had settled two years later in Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yawned broadly and fatigue settled over her right before Matt’s eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balancing her textbooks on her lap, Claudette settled back and gazed absently out the window as the bus pulled away from the curb. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z