Sentence examples for a reference to the sinking of from inspiring English sources

Fellowes's television hit Downton Abbey opened with a reference to the sinking of the Titanic.

George Jessel, in "High Kickers," a musical comedy, substitutes Florida for Hawaii in some gag he has about pineapples, and a reference to the sinking of the Bismarck has been completely deleted.

This is a reference to the front page of The New York Times on April 15 , 1912 reporting the sinking of the RMS Titanic three days earlier whilst assuring that "Ismay safe, Mrs. Astor maybe".

Milhouse's death, where he lets go of a ledge and sinks into water, is a reference to Jack Dawson's death in Titanic.

Just don't bother in the US, where it sank without a trace, and was dubbed the "David Hasselhoff of social networking", in reference to the American star's heroic status abroad (namely in Germany) that was never matched domestically.

Heavily referenced in the text are the Lisbon earthquake, disease, and the sinking of ships in storms.

Today, the call is most famously associated with the sinking of the Titanic; whatever the reference, the phrase evokes the courage and solemn fortitude of a man sacrificing himself for a lady.

It also discusses the sinking of ships.

The Sinking of the Titanic.

This year, none of his jokes landed with much force or accuracy, and the tone of the broadcast was set by the number of references there were to the sink-pooping scene in "Bridesmaids".

First, the optimum fin spacing of a standard radial heat sink was determined and used as a reference geometry to compare the degree of improvement.