settled upon

Example Sentences

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“I had settled upon the fact that that was going to be it for me. And I was happy with that,” Ball says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

But he also had a gift for explaining his musical goals and how he had settled upon them.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2023

Eventually, in the early 2010s, Russia settled upon the idea of the Luna-25 mission to the south pole of the moon.

From Reuters • Aug. 20, 2023

Getting past my partner, who was fast asleep in an easy chair, I settled upon my task.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

After the first burst of energy, the moving in of the machines, the digging of tunnels and rooms—after that was done, a feeling of discontent settled upon us like some creeping disease.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien