Sentence examples for settle against from inspiring English sources

Helen stood and helped Dorothy settle against the train seat.

He watched the flakes settle against the glass of the kitchen door.

After losing twice to L.S.U. last season, including the Southeastern Conference championship game, the Bulldogs had a score to settle against the Tigers, the defending co-national champions.

The ink refused to settle against the new-cut type, giving the paper a blurred, intemperate air that badly rankled Raymond.

But after the disappointing 0-0 stalemate in New Zealand, the hosts have a score to settle against the Kiwis in the two-match series at Lord's and Headingley.

The afternoon that I visited the training center, the troops from Camp Pendleton were practicing balancing their loads, using stacks of milk cartons, cardboard boxes, and empty tubes from AT-4 anti-tank rockets, which are forty inches long and weigh fifteen pounds fully armed, and are an awkward shape to settle against square boxes.

Shrieking sorrowfully, self settles against unforgiving tiles, blood loss unabated.

We threw out a few decoys and settled against some saplings.

The beer settled against his brain, and he swerved down the aisle to the pretty girl.

This felt entirely natural, apparently to them as well; light and noodly, they settled against him, heads on his chest.

Cases already settled against MGN include fund manager Nicola Horlick for £25,000, model Emma Noble for £40,000 and stuntman Bobby Holland Hanton for £75,000.