Sentence examples for engaged in settling from inspiring English sources

Instead of rejoicing in the downfall of Saddam and their resulting liberation, the so-called Marsh Arabs, who are Shia, engaged in settling deadly scores with the minority Sunnis of Saddam's reign of terror.

Their construction, style, materials and use are indicative of local economic and ethnic influences; barns are vernacular monuments to the period when a majority of our population was engaged in settling and working the land of America.

Hence, Bok seeks to settle the free will problem by looking at the role of the concept of freedom from the point of view of a practical deliberator engaged in settling questions regarding how to act, how to live her life, what kind of person she wishes to be, etc.

We read through many student exchanges, discussed the interactions students engaged in, and settled on categories that were descriptive and potentially interesting.

The United States used to be actively engaged in trying to settle the Cyprus dispute, which it saw as a potential flash point for instability in the eastern Mediterranean.

A few individuals engaged in serial interactions, temporarily settling in an area with several fishing vessels, amongst which they commuted, possibly obtaining food and pausing between foraging bouts.

Following consumption of a meal, animals will generally become distracted from eating once they are sated and may spend a short period grooming or engaged in other activities before settling down for a sleep [ 43, 44].

With a firm trial date looming for thousands of lawsuits brought by workers at ground zero against the city, lawyers for both sides are engaged in intensive talks aimed at settling some or all the cases.

By the end of last week, several of his colleagues at the Fed had engaged in some counter-jawboning, to settle the nerves and appease the hogs.

In a news release, Irving H. Picard, the trustee for the Madoff victims, said that he was engaged in "good-faith negotiations" to settle the claims with Sterling and the other defendants.

Households engaged in off-farm activities were settled within trading centres that had better access to water.