We settled back, thinking to hear a few pertinent observations about the great theologian.
"They settled their cases thinking Bickerstaff was a truthful and honorable witness for Ford".
They settled in Durham, thinking it would be accepting of both their relationship and that they are both African American.
They settled on $139.98, thinking that would ensure healthy demand for both sets, though a couple of hours later, when Mr. Welch checked the first sales numbers, as many people had bought the expensive one as the cheaper one.
He felt an oldster's envy and toyed with the idea of having monkey gland juice injected (Steinach technique) but settled on vasectomy, thinking the retention of his precious bodily fluids would up his sexual vitality to youthful levels.
When you retired, you turned back into yourself and tried to settle into not thinking about the way others thought.
After the obligatory thank you, thank you all (which all speakers say while thinking "settle down already, you're taking up my television time"), how do today's candidates shake hands verbally to a cheering audience?
For many thousands of years before they settled down, the thinking goes, people were nomadic hunter-gatherers who lived in small groups more like extended families.
As a result of sharing my fears out loud, my thinking settled.
(You may be thinking I settled, but the pants were gorgeous so it didn't feel that way. I'll find the gray and black plaid. Just you wait).
