"But if a house settles or is on a busy street, it can crack."

Subsequently the house settled and these windows are no longer square.

Menekrates' house had settled down into a place for men.

The noises from the kitchen had ceased, and the house settled into silence.

The window can also become distorted when the house settles.

This can happen in an outlet that gets a lot of use or when the house settles.

After the lunch guests had gone the house settled down into quiet.

In the morning the house settled down, and we made haste to get out of it, not even dressing.

Perhaps you explain them away by reassuring yourself that your house is just settling.

The house settled in for a pleasant hundred seconds of reading.