"We can solidly settle our ideas only by trying to destroy our own conclusions by counter-experiments."
Before any of them could move, it settled solidly in place on the floor with a metallic clang.
It looked as though the armor plate had shifted a bit, settling even more solidly into place.
Akotolp settled back solidly on her tail, her four thumbs laced together and resting comfortably on the thick roll of fat on her midriff.
His eyes gave the briefest of flicks to me, then settled solidly on Greeley.
The dark-faced man signaled to the men above, and the shaft of daylight was cut off as the trapdoor settled into place solidly, like the lid of a well-made coffin.
Brother Cadfael settled solidly at the one on the left, and with practised movements sought and found the best place for his knees.
It had taken half an hour of maneuvering to locate such a place and to settle solidly on it.
E607 settled solidly onto the long gravity cushion as its shadow dashed in from alongside and became a blurred spot beside them on the right-of- way.
Edwin scrambled up in haste, no longer troubling to be silent, and rolled his heavy barrel on its rim to settle solidly over the trapdoor, for the bolts must be on the underside.