Sentence examples for arguments were settled from inspiring English sources

Arguments were settled by violence.

Certainly people have been killing each other since amoebas slimed out of the sea, and if one looks at history and the wanton cruelty of various eras of civilization, it's clear that, despite appearances to the contrary, we're actually less violent than the days when arguments were settled with cat o' nine tails, stake-burnings in the town square, and dusty six-shooter ambushes in Old West bars.

The Derry bombing this weekend is a stark reminder of what is at stake in Northern Ireland with Brexit: decades of peace where arguments are settled with words not weapons.

On the other side of the coin, a community in which arguments are settled by gunshots is unlikely to experience economic growth and opportunity.

The argument is settled by a policeman who takes them to the station house.

If the debate in thinktank seminar rooms is anything to go by, this argument was settled a decade ago.

During the trip, they recall, an argument ensued between two smugglers on the convoy about money and shots were exchanged before the argument was settled.

He has a way of biting off the ends of his sentences that makes them sound definitive as if the argument was settled, the point self-evident.

"At that moment, two water voles appeared on the river bank, almost in conversation, and in my mind, at that moment, the argument was settled," he said.

A government green paper is to be produced later this year, listing three routes to the "ultimate aim" promised in the Basic Law the mini-constitution for Hong Kong promulgated in 1990 of "universal suffrage" for both Legislative Council (LegCo) and chief-executive elections.The sooner the argument is settled in favour of representative democracy the better.

To a degree that has startled immigrant-rights groups and the many industries that depend on immigrant labor, and with surprisingly little serious debate on Capitol Hill or anywhere else, that argument was settled for the time being with Congress's approval last month of the landmark bill creating the Department of Homeland Security.