settle
verb (used with object)
to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
am settling
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present progressiveof settle (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And we got there and then he wanted this dark, angry . . . and I am settling in for a shot that's been changed four or five times.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2018
While I am settling up, I notice Sam's eyes darting across the road to where her car is parked.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2013
Tickets for the Monaco Grand Prix can be purchased through the Formula 1 Web site, although I had trouble getting the vouchers to print out and am settling a billing dispute with them.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2011
But I am settling to my work here—recklessly—to do my best with it: feeling quite sure that it is talking at hazard for what chance good may come.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
I have recently met with good fortune in my profession, and am settling down as a man of business in the neighbourhood of Millsborough, with considerable prospect of success.
From Ambrotox and Limping Dick by Oliver Fleming
