Sentence examples for desired to settle from inspiring English sources

6 This statue, which was preserved by some chance, was brought to Rome, in accordance with a vision that Caesar saw in a dream, and it secured for the city the privilege of being peopled again by any who desired to settle there, though they did not acquire anything of its territory beyond the first mile.

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.

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.

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.

I had a deep desire to settle on one version of the story.

In 1988 Mr. Bizot returned to Phnom Penh, but he had no desire to settle there again.

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

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

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