Sentence examples for had settled for from inspiring English sources

I couldn't hack angst and had settled for cheerfulness instead.

He'd wanted to be an astronaut but had settled for bossing an aircraft carrier.

Anderson alternately praised and lamented his time with the Nets, saying they had settled for mediocrity.

By 1971, Williams had settled for a more genial and comic persona.

By half-time, they had settled for an 11-6 lealbeitbeit a comfortable-looking one.

Before that day with my daughter, I had settled for a life with OCD.

By the mid-1990s, aged 70, Steiger had settled for being a jobbing actor.

If only Carl Orff had settled for less bombast and fewer songs in the score.

Lacking children, Nana and her husband had settled for dogs; their friends no doubt joked about their misplaced affection.

"They paid that much?" he said when told that the insurance company had settled for $2,300.

Then, after their astronauts had settled for a couple of years, a further crew of four would be sent out.