Sentence examples for desire to settle from inspiring English sources

This retreat signalled a strong desire to settle.

Alomar has not hidden his desire to settle in.

She was thirty-two and tottering under the weight of her desire: to settle down.

After 250 victories, Mussina had no desire to settle into mediocrity.

Tension rages throughout between the desire to settle down and the urge to "keep moving".

The average age of first childbirth is now 28, driven up by people's desire to settle down later.

For example, Smith may not have any strong belief about whether Jones or Rodriguez will be his next boss; but he would be personally uncertain, in Stevenson's sense, about which will be his next boss only when he desires to settle between these beliefs, perhaps because he has decided to look for a new job were Jones to become his new boss.

It was often the most serious cases that came before the court; most people desired to settle legal quarrels privately, since court preparations were expensive.

You can sense their impatience, their devotion and, finally, their desire not to settle for a performance on the surface.

He and his therapist, Sheenah Hankin, talked about issues like the recent death of his mother, to whom he was very close, and his desire at 49 to settle down and have a family.

While Archbishop-elect O'Malley proclaimed his desire on Tuesday to settle lawsuits brought by victims of abuse, he will have to reckon with lawyers and insurance companies that so far have been at an impasse.