The crowd settled down, if not to enjoy the speech, at least to find some amusement in the discomfiture of the speaker.

Finally the crowd had settled down to a growing, sour-mouthed mutter.

The crowd had settled to listen to him.

The crowd, ranging in age from 15 to 70 or so, settled down to hear more from the working groups.

Then the crowd settled back to watch David pitch against Goliath.

The President stepped back up to the podium and the crowd settled down to listen.

The crowd settled into the seats like birds on telephone wires and grew quiet.

But for the moment, as the crowd settled back into its seats, there were no heroes or demons.

At long last, the crowd settled into their seats.

As the game began, the crowd settled down.