Sentence examples for but sinking from inspiring English sources

But sinking beneath the waves isn't the only danger.

The poor are not treading water but sinking beneath the rising tide of the rich.

But sinking wires, which means clearing a corridor 17m to 40m wide and cannot be done in all terrains, carries an environmental toll too.

The kids were rapt as my wife and I tried to translate, but sinking together into that earth, I had a feeling I'd had at least a hundred times here.

If it's true that in this rich-get-richer world the middle class is the new underclass, then these amiable, easily overlooked goof-offs are the new Horatio Algers — not rising by their bootstraps but sinking by their Xbox 360s.

There are questions about Mr. Barry's nocturnal visits to bars and clubs at a time when the city is all but sinking under the weight of problems with drugs, crime, housing, health and finance; questions about his real estate dealings and the businessmen involved in them; questions about his friendship with convicted drug dealers.

For a ha'porth of tar, their ship all but sank.

John Yudkin's scientific reputation had been all but sunk.

"The Hold-Up Man," retitled "The Beloved Bandit," toured the provinces but sank before reaching Broadway.

Ms. Jabur was poised and elegant but sank onto a bench near the baggage claim.

He missed the first but sank the last two for the margin of victory.