On other commodity markets, crude and heating oil settled sharply lower, while coffee futures advanced.

While oil prices settled lower, they were above the support level of $20.70 a barrel, he said.

This time it fractured the planking, and sea water squirted in as the boat settled lower.

Precious metals futures dropped, and oil prices settled lower.

Yields on the benchmark 10-year bond settled slightly lower today, falling 15 basis points, or hundredths of a point, to 1.99 percent.

The man or large woman whose back I'd been leaning against shifted slightly, then settled lower.

The rain splattered on the window, and in the hearth the logs settled lower.

Behind them, the plane settles imperceptibly lower.

And the clouds were settling lower and lower.

No problem, we'll just adjust our aim a little Kee settled a little lower into her stance.