Example sentences for: settlement

How can you use “settlement” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One of those myths is championed by Fredrik Logevall in Choosing War . That's the idea of "missed opportunities" for a peace settlement before the American buildup in 1965.

  • From Sydney a second convict settlement was established at Hobart, in Tasmania.

  • American politician Adam Clayton Powell, who was regularly seen at the marina of Alice Town, the major settlement, helped raise the profile of the place in the eyes of Americans.

  • It was already a thriving riverside settlement when Julius Caesar arrived in 45 b.c., and under the Romans, it developed into a major town.

  • The smallest of the major tobacco companies, the Liggett Group, agreed to a settlement with attorneys general from 22 states who had sued to recoup money spent on health care for smokers.


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