Sentence examples for settle instead of from inspiring English sources

Some are now speculating that if Mr. Cuomo loses his appeal, he may seek to settle instead of going to trial.

News International announced last week that a former high court judge, Sir Charles Gray, had been appointed to administer its phone-hacking compensation scheme, which it is setting up to encourage victims to settle instead of pursing their civil claims through the courts.

They settle instead of going to court and making the player a hero," Keefe said.

Get it out as quickly as you can, then let the dust settle instead of kicking it up continually over several days.

Once he is settled, instead of spending time with his wife, he sits in front of the TV and starts switching channels.

The authors settle instead for a survey of best practices, which is fine.

They can ask the court to impanel a new jury to reconsider whether to impose the death penalty or settle instead for a sentence of life in prison.

The result, for the audience, is that our responses bypass the usual affective mechanics of identification and empathy, settling instead on the contemplation of a soul in isolation.

Taylor settled instead on Senator John M. Clayton of Delaware, a close associate of Crittenden's.

Reader, I skipped them, settling instead on a pair of streamlined canvas jazz shoes ($180).

He settles instead on an awkward mix of the three, as "Vicious Circle" lurches between tragedy and satire.