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Discover LudwigThe phrase "able to sink" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express the capability of something or someone to submerge or descend in water or metaphorically in other situations.
Example: "The ship was designed to be able to sink in case of an emergency to prevent it from being captured."
Alternatives: "capable of sinking" or "able to submerge".
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Instead, Umenyiora has been able to sink more energy into his detail-oriented preparation.
"We were able to sink four of the top-line aircraft carriers.
The Reid campaign considered that comment a gift from Heaven, but it wasn't able to sink Angle.
When he was able to sink into the words, as in the climactic line "No exorciser harm thee!," he had his characteristic smooth gleam.
Woods's driving continues to be just about perfect, but he hasn't been able to sink a birdie putt, sending a 15-footer to the right.
It's such a relief to see the former Alvin Ailey star Clifton Brown able to sink into less overbearing choreography — here he has room to breathe.
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The strong demand from investors raised hopes that Italy would be able to avoid sinking into a financial crisis, as Greece and Portugal have.
Only by rapidly dropping her weighted keel was the submarine able to avoid sinking.
Experiment but ensure you allow enough time for the cue to sink in and be able to work.
To sink.
The planning tool uses its internal path loss models (which were finetuned in the previous phase) and the node characteristics to predict how many sinks are needed to be able to reach a sink from each of the nodes, and where these sinks should be located.
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