Though the area wasn't immediately heavily settled it was well known for many reasons.

These conditions were seen most recently in the 18th and 19th centuries, before the region was heavily settled.

It had settled heavily over our table and I could hardly breathe.

She sighed with the weight that settled heavily on her shoulders.

The area was not heavily settled until the 1800s.

They settled heavily in an area known as the Hill Country.

In the more heavily settled areas, homesteads stood four to six properties deep by the late 1970s.

They heavily settled it, climaxing to an estimated population of 5,000.

A place was found for him; he settled heavily into the chair and covered his face with his hands.

After a brief, hushed conversation, she worked her way back and settled heavily into a chair across the table from him.