Sentence examples for almost sinking from inspiring English sources

You keep trying so hard and you find yourself almost sinking.

Former UBS investment banker Kweku Adoboli is currently in court, accused of almost sinking the bank with illicit dealing.

Kweku Adoboli, the investment banker accused of almost sinking Swiss bank UBS with illicit dealing, denied on Monday he was a rogue trader and said other members of his team knew about his "off book" activities.

Only after the men disappeared suddenly, before dawn on Oct. 12 -- the day when two suicide bombers rammed the destroyer Cole in the harbor, killing 17 American sailors, wounding 39 others and almost sinking the guided missile warship -- did people begin to think that they might have paid closer attention to the two strangers.

If you slow down too much, it feels as though you're almost sinking.

We had parties and he yelled at us for almost sinking the boat.

This issue almost sunk my vending business.

They almost sank the Coppola film.

"We have almost sunk in storms," he said.

America's mortgage market almost sank the world economy.

Valheru almost sank, and each boat lodged a protest.