settling

[ set-ling, -l-ing ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that settles. settle.
2. Usually settlings. sediment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of settling¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; settle ¹, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

One in which, through years of settling, as Isabel Wilkerson notes, reveals the cracks and rot beneath the surface.

From Time

At low tide, the lower Charles, including the area near Kendall Square, became a settling ground for sewage.

From MIT Technology Review

Plans began for the settling of the still undeveloped part of northern Manhattan.

From Time

The settling down of productions into this new normal was especially advantageous since production volume appears to have only ramped up.

From Digiday

The moment of new life is not the time for the settling of old scores.

From The Daily Beast

The stench of corruption is settling over world soccer like a poisonous fog, and players are paying the price.

From The Daily Beast

She walked for two days before settling into a makeshift camp.

From The Daily Beast

For one thing, we are likely to see people settling in areas depending on their class status.

From The Daily Beast

We loved Zellweger as Bridget Jones for owning her weight, finding love, and never settling for less than she deserved.

From The Daily Beast

They drove through France before settling in Spain, where they rented rooms in a hostel in Malaga.

From The Daily Beast

It is no good settling down in a world that, on its part, refuses to do anything of the sort.

From Project Gutenberg

The board will appoint a settling agent who shall keep the necessary records and accounts.

From Project Gutenberg

On May 13, in a speech which charmed the House, Mr. Townshend opened his plan for settling the colonial question.

From Project Gutenberg

"Stiff and cold," said Dorothy, her teeth chattering in her head, and a deeper pallor settling on her face.

From Project Gutenberg

From this description I have little hesitation in settling Cape Leveque to be the point he passed round.

From Project Gutenberg

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