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Sentence Examples If you settle for the 1.8 or 1.9, it will feel much more like a tourer than a sports car. We do not have to settle for every misery fate and humanity have heaped upon us, but should fight back, to see which ones can be shaken off. To offer no extras seems a crime but I'll settle for the gorgeous transfer and original anamorphic aspect ratio. I'll settle for a sand-filled sock and merely stun them senseless if they should as much as look at me askance on this day. Regan attempted a smirk, but had to settle for a grimace when the effort made his face flare in pain again. It would have been easy to settle for the high-life in Athens, where he was a big fish in one of football's smaller ponds. A shattered Bradford side lost the penalty shoot-out and had to settle for the runners-up trophy. Genuinely upset by the waiter's ignorance of dead languages my teacher grudgingly had to settle for ordering in the modern vernacular. At the first shop Pam and I settle for a motley of 50s cutlery and kitchen tools. If Parliament won't bring back the death penalty, we might have to settle for compulsory castration or locking offenders away until they die. Critics claim the plan is unambitious and Scotland should settle for nothing less than a Glasgow-Edinburgh bullet train and extra stations. Her one-track mind and obsession with the sport makes her sound like a certain German racing driver who won't settle for second best. Azertyuiop, who made a bad mistake at the water jump, had to settle for third, a further 13 lengths in arrears. I either had to use the flash, which I ordinarily prefer to avoid, or settle for extreme blurriness. Instead I had to settle for a couple of old-fashioned dictionaries of quotations. So companies settle for a lot less, but still give undeserving people money. We cannot demand five-star cars from manufacturers and then settle for one-star roads. Don't settle for the station bill left behind by the last guy and his crew, write one which will work for you. Women have come to realize that they don't need to settle for a man with out-of-control eyebrows, chewed up nails, and dirty toenails. Eventually I settle for entering the aft hold and follow the propshaft tunnel forward to the engine-room bulkhead. Show More Sentences Early on, you may have to settle for a secured credit card, which is a card backed by money you deposit in a savings account. Well, all the good looking women were sitting with the physicists' table so I had to settle for sitting next to Steve Case. I just think it's weird that after going out with the finest specimen that the female race has to offer you can settle for less. Printers had to settle for prosecutions if they printed seditious libel, so they either played it safe or adopted pseudonyms and fake addresses. I'll have to settle for anything in feathers and sequins, as long as it has a proper wow factor. Think about how often we settle for a routine that is rather prosaic or practical. Their regular food is kebab roll, shwarma or biryani, as they are forever short of funds and settle for the cheaper, greasier fast food variety. Coughlin, the world record holder and reigning Olympic champion, had to settle for third. Others may ignore their accounts and settle for the default investment option, which will likely be conservative with a low investment return. They say they will settle for nothing less than an amendment to the legislation. Best of all, I can make lavender water from my favorite lavender oil, rather than settle for commercial products that I don't like as well. He sought a winner's medal at last but, in the event, had to settle for less. The ball goes out of play and he gets to his feet with the air about him of a man who'd settle for a corner. The Jets put themselves in position to take leads or score points, then stall and either settle for field goals or come up empty. Suddenly, the pressure would have been on Denver to get into the end zone or settle for a field goal. Still, I will settle for the infamy, if that is the price to pay for honest and forthright expression. He hit a five-foot birdie attempt three feet past the hole, then missed the comebacker to settle for a momentum-killing bogey. Instead I had to settle for a piece of bread with some peanut butter and a glass of water. As the peace talks progressed, they have conceded to settle for regional autonomy. Live high on chef Douglas Rodriguez's celebrated roast hog, or settle for a bowlful of swoony seviche at Chicama, in the Flatiron district. Show More Sentences For the sake of simplicity we shall disregard lower-case letters and settle for typing all to be in capitals, and we shall disregard leap years. That other guy would probably settle for a couple of chrome lug nuts, but sometimes quality costs more. Now, while I stand by each and every one of my choices, right now, I'd settle for someone who knows how to make tabbouleh, and doesn't snore. One could settle for the same old brand every time, but to get stuck in a fragrance rut is a cardinal sin. However she had to settle for second place behind the choicely bred Salthill who was also making his racing debut. We're only a trio so we can't have a hootenanny, but I'd settle for a shindig. When it is time to paint, or apply the stain, gilt etc., vacuum the room and let the remaining dust settle for at least 24 hours. The hopeful buds of roses scorch before their time is come while disconsolate hens settle for a dry dust bath. On the night we visited, the terrasse was drenched so we had to settle for a cozy table inside. Instead they just settle for a few exterior shots of the gay ghetto in ugly, old downtown Toronto. I blew out my knee that season and figured I didn't want to spend the rest of my college life trying to rehab it and settle for second string. He rejoined the race in sixth place but fought back to finish in fifth place and had to settle for picking up championship points. The erythrocytes were allowed to settle for 1 h, and the plasma, leukocytes and thrombocytes were separated by aspirating the supernatant. I settle for a Camembert baguette, a bolet of chilled cider deadening my tongue to the sock aftershock. We ordered two glasses of dry white wine, but had to settle for a medium dry. If you enjoy quilting, don't settle for a simple coverlet for the guest room. Once those prey dwindled, orcas would settle for the smaller fur seals and aggressive sea lions. I still don't know whether it was more of an ego trip or just refusing to settle for what I saw as less. But if they don't want to go that risky route, they might have to settle for a fixer-upper or a condo. Mubtaker, who had held the lead into the home straight, was edged out into second spot while Irish hope High Chaparral had to settle for third. Show More Sentences What we will have to settle for, at best, is a frank debate about some of the subjects raised by Mind the Gap. Add to these the author's overwrought imagination, which refuses to settle for the number of persons the vehicle can safely carry. Of course, we're not ones to settle for the Model-T of fonts so we've opted to use the much more attractive Garamond or Georgia for our page's print version. The result will force Romney to settle for a crushing win on his native turf, rather than a clean sweep. The constituency most clamoring for executive action has already shown they expect little and will settle for nothing. And on making landfall in Bermuda he decided that this was the place to settle for a while and get writing songs. I settle for a sweater and jacket and throw a tie in my briefcase just in case it turns out to be the prom. It was only the second rainout of the year, but Geoff Parker and Eddie Martin still arrived hoping for a clearing of the skies, but they had to settle for a morning of tea. But he might have to settle for the best-foreign-film Oscar as a consolation prize. Initially I'd hoped to showcase classic examples of an action game, an adventure game, and a strategy game, but at this stage I'll settle for anything I can install! We must settle for nothing less than leaders who care and exude character and maturity as they rebel against the beliefs and models that no longer work. But Bettie, with a 97.19 average, was beat out by.14 points, and had to settle for salutatorian status. He then went through a scornful recitation of all the things he could do if he wanted to settle for cheap laughs. And at the forthcoming Bafta awards Zellweger has again been nominated for best actress, while Zeta Jones has to settle for the best supporting actress category. Even Baracouda, considered by many to be a bigger banker than Best Mate, had to settle for second in the Stayers' Hurdle in the race before the Gold Cup. To accept these proposals would mean we are prepared to forego the principle that life must be consistently protected from conception to birth and settle for a compromise. He wouldn't settle for any nap, and any time he looked close to being sleepy Akra Jr managed to scupper it with an inappropriate tickle, loud shout or noisy toy. We now have to follow world accounting standards and world other standards, so why do we not just follow world tax law grammatical standards and settle for the semicolon? I resist the urge to slam my head against the steering wheel until I lose consciousness and settle for beating my fists against the dashboard of my pitiful rental car. As the band becomes more and more popular, this sort of thing becomes harder and harder to pull off, forcing the septet to settle for a regular rock club like Lee's Palace. Show More Sentences They'll settle for shingle banks with light weed growth and this tends to be the type of ground they are feeding over when you're fishing off steep sandy beaches. Instead, Snider's point is that both sides settle for easy answers to complex problems, finding their solution in pointless blame-placing and muckraking. The muggins here was driving so had to settle for a diet Coke. You feel more inclined to take the safe option, more inclined towards sobriety than excess, more likely to settle for the sensible and the pragmatic. He did very poorly in his degree and had to settle for only a pass degree. For something green, you'll have to settle for a rudimentary salad of buttery sliced avocado and canned hearts of palm posed on iceberg lettuce and pale winter-tomato wedges. They either have to settle for stealing your car stereo and air bag, towing your car all the way to the chop shop or they break into your house and steal your keys first. The manoeuvre saw him finally in the clear and he finished like the proverbial express train, but alas it was all too late, and he had to settle for fourth place. She would even settle for her incompetent assistants at this point. I knew precisely what I was looking for and had just about reached the stage where I was about to compromise and settle for something I wasn't all that keen on. A personal dream at the moment, after all the frantic activity of the past year, would be to settle for a holiday or, failing that, a shot on the swings without interruption. We'll just have to settle for whatever crud the cafeteria has to offer. No matter how contrived the circumstances involved, he alone gets to change, while those around him must settle for dying nobly on cue as Gatling guns chew them to bits. Proves that a serious pretender to the throne of pop music refinement need not settle for a mere band when the London Philharmonic will do just as well. The alternative would have been to settle for a simpler shape based on primitives that had to be added or subtracted to create the desired design. He may, though, settle for defeat as long as the performance provides further proof that his young charges are progressing along the development curve. Whatever you do, don't settle for a cheap liner from a discount store. Vogts, who these days could be excused for celebrating even a narrow defeat, found himself frustrated that he had been forced to settle for a draw. Totally sux. I'd even settle for an in-depth conversation about the weather right now. I'm not used to being alone like this. Mind you, if they fly in downstairs, they are quite happy to settle for unblue mangoes. Show More Sentences Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoctions to offer your guests. This is a man who seems to think, because the world is full of shaggable women, he shouldn't have to settle for just one. Unfortunately you'll have to wait a short while for your first mech and settle for battle armour to begin with. Beltway fund-raisers who mine the Diamond State in 2006 might have to settle for a little cubic zirconia. Thorson sues Liberace for massive palimony, is compelled to settle for a pittance. Perhaps organizers will simply give up and settle for chatter. Andy Pears also landed five whiting, but just one sand dab, and had to settle for second place with 2lb 13oz. Quinn almost clocked up a double but earlier on the card his filly Nuzzle had to settle for second place. At the end of the mixing period, the floc was allowed to settle for about 30 minutes. And Sinn Fein Assembly member Raymond McCartney warned that the people of Derry would settle for nothing but the truth. But they will have to settle for a meal and a concert party, rather than the anticipated night of quicksteps and foxtrots. There's no bug juice either, so you'll have to settle for its first estate Pinot Noir. Dens hitman Loy cancelled out Arnaud Djoum's first-half strike and both sides had to settle for a point. He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to settle for the lower-quality set. Odds-on backers got their fingers burnt in the Kilternan Stakes when Famous Name had to settle for the runner-up spot behind The Bogberry. Martin Blagborough had to settle for second, while Bob Haigh fished waggler shallow for third. Above all things, I liked to hear about horseless carriages and self-powered mechanicals, but I'd settle for ghosts at a pinch. Lewis had missed from long range to force a play-off and had to settle for a closing 69, with Spain's Carlota Ciganda a distant third, seven shots adrift. Do not settle for shoddy knives if you are serious about cooking. Now you can eat at Arnie Morton's The Steakhouse in Burbank without breaking the bank, if you're willing to settle for dining at the bar at certain times during the week. Show More Sentences So, seekers of contemporary art shouldn't just settle for a visit to Bankside, but hop aboard the Tate's boat service and chug upstream for the full monty. Unimaginative hunters settle for Sport, Blacky, King, Lady and so on. Bitless wonder Coastal Bluff snatched a Nunthorpe dead-heat for rodeo rider Kevin Darley at York yesterday while Alex Greaves had to settle for half a record. I suppose I'll just have to settle for being a respectable actor poncing around the West End and doing respectable BBC work for the rest of my life. But they were caught by a group led by eventual gold medal winner Ferrand Prevot of France and the Yorkshirewoman had to settle for seventh place. That is why the Northern Ireland manager will settle for a single-goal victory against traditional whipping boys San Marino at Windsor Park tonight. Well, don't think I'll settle for so little, Mr. Talbot. Or should I call you David? I think you look like a David, you know, righteous and clean living and all of that. Defending champion Jason Kenny had to settle for fifth in the men's Keirin behind France's Francois Pervis, while Fabian Puerta of Colombia was roared on to silver. Town forced to settle for share of spoils COLNE 2 RUNCORN T 2 RUNCORN Town's search for their first victory of the season continues after they were pegged back against Colne. He gave Head Iton Jason a good race over 480m in the first round, but may have to settle for minor honours again over this more exacting distance. Though this sub is diminutive in size, we would never settle for small performance, so this small sub is built to the same standards as conventional subwoofers. Welsh Premier League AIRBUS 6 NEWTOWN 1 AIRBUS had to settle for a third-place finish despite hitting Newtown for six in their last league outing of the season. Yet single-mindedness and dedication are traits to be admired in an era when so many are prepared to settle for less than their best because the trappings of stardom arrived. Examples from Classical Literature Plymouth, despite starting expansively, had looked happy to settle for a draw. The rest of us will have to settle for a taste of his infamous charms in this new show featuring the lady-killer. So cold that the grey heavy sky is full of snow, which when it falls will settle for all winter as the ground is hardening to receive it. Norton let slip two late goals and had to settle for a 3-3 draw against fellow first division high-flyers South Shields. In the good old days politicians would settle for browbeating their constituents, riding the gravy train, and fiddling parliamentary expenses. First, some ministers settle for a stereotype of the priesthood. He had always meant to settle for himself that knotty question. Even if a creditor were to seize the installment note, it is still entitled only to small, intermittent payments and may be motivated to settle for a percentage of the claim. Bala had to settle for a point in a 0-0 draw at Mynydd Isa, both sides finishing the game with 10 men after Alee Stacey missed a penalty for the visitors. Find more words! 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