Examples of 'had to settle' in a sentence

Meaning of "had to settle"

This phrase indicates that someone had to accept or agree to an outcome or situation that may not have been their first choice or preference. It implies a compromise or resolution that was reached, even if it wasn't the ideal or desired outcome

How to use "had to settle" in a sentence

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had to settle
I often had to settle for the same.
Francine got robbed of this guy and had to settle for me.
She had to settle for his assistant.
Insurance company had to settle with me.
And had to settle for second best.
Told me we had to settle.
So we had to settle for second class tickets.
She was unable to compete that year because she had to settle.
Wellens had to settle for second place.
Murer was unable to answer on her final attempt and had to settle for silver.
Richardson had to settle for fifth place.
Mexico was no match during the tourney and had to settle for fourth place.
Then they had to settle somewhere else.
It was such an easy construction though and then she had to settle for a dress.
Monti had to settle for third place.

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That was the question Muybridge had to settle.
But they still had to settle on a name.
I had to settle for extortionately priced paintbrushes.
We would not have had to settle for acquisition.
We had to settle a little something outside.
With the furniture had to settle for what we got.
I had to settle for this joker.
But they had to settle.
I had to settle for the submission.
Give an instance where you had to settle conflict between two people.
I had to settle for just vodka.
Several times in its history it has had to settle problems of water related conflicts.
I had to settle for a bite off of some old.
I am sorry you had to settle for Dave.
We had to settle for this guy.
The first issue Moses had to settle was who he was.
They had to settle this crucial matter.
We were tied up in the House and had to settle something there.
Xie had to settle for the silver.
I could not find a tux in my size so I had to settle for a size smaller.
Palmer had to settle for second place.
After losing the shootout the Swiss had to settle for silver.
She always had to settle as second choice.
Unfortunately Houston could not capitalise on this and had to settle for a field goal.
Brown had to settle for second place.
I tried to tell myself that I had to settle.
I have had to settle a matter for a long time.
It was a personal debt I had to settle.
And you had to settle for a dead man.
But since I was there he had to settle for me.
Said he had to settle up some accounts before he left.
But I could not take the punishment and had to settle down.
He had to settle for a presidential library.
The Singapore pair had to settle for the bronze.
He had to settle for the fourth place on tiebreak.

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Examples of using Settle
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