Sentence examples for and sinking in the from inspiring English sources

But if they see that the team is being dismantled and sinking in the standings, they may opt for a cheaper plan or none at all.

Take the round-the-world yachtsman who forgoes his own chances of victory to divert to the aid of a fellow racer battered and sinking in the Southern Ocean.

Flavio di Giacomo, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) spokesman, said that based on accounts from survivors who were saved at sea or landed in Italy in recent days, the death toll from migrant vessels capsizing and sinking in the Mediterranean last week had been revised upwards from 700 to 1,000.

"It is brighter!" And, indeed the moon a quarter full and sinking in the west was in its apparent size beyond comparison, but scarcely in all its breadth had it as much brightness now as the little circle of the strange new star.

But Zuber remains noncommittal: Such a crust, she says, may have formed from a giant plume of magma rising from the deep interior beneath the north pole and sinking in the south.

And with Tibau stunned and dazed, Ferguson took the contest to the mat, first looking for his trademark darce submission, later taking Tibau's back and sinking in the choke.

In 1614, the Tijger, a Dutch trading ship, burned at anchor and sank in the North River.

In 1614, the Tijger_,_ a Dutch trading ship, burned at anchor and sank in the North River.

The Kursk exploded and sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000, killing its entire crew of 118.

The diesel-powered armed submarine caught on fire early Wednesday and sank in the naval dockyard in Mumbai.

The Kursk exploded and sank in the Barents Sea in August 2000 during maneuvers, killing its entire crew of 118.