Sentence examples for drop sinking from inspiring English sources

They also chose to drop sinking objects like erasers over floating ones made from polystyrene as a ploy to raise the water level.

This differential settlement often causes pavement distress, such as longitudinal cracks or the drop-off (or sinking) of pavement sections.

It has steadily dropped since, sinking as low as -16 percent in March 2017.

The existence of a drop-sinking barrier, larger for a curved liquid surface, is proposed to explain this observation.

Whatever the reason, as one scholar, Rob Rice, noted in a paper first presented in 1993, "It is neither facile nor uninstructive to remark that the Antikythera mechanism dropped and sank — twice" — once in the sea and once in scholarship.

He added: "They want to give the impression that I dropped off a sinking ship".

Large drops rising or sinking in an immiscible liquid can develop thin trailing structures commonly referred to as "skirts".

In February 1942, ten weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Japan attacked Darwin, dropping more bombs and sinking more ships than in Hawaii.

At that point the reality of job losses sank in, and that year home values dropped 10% and kept sinking.

If the mire beneath you feels too soft and you're still sinking after dropping to a crawling position, lie down completely and be prepared to move only one part of your body at a time.

Dillard's stock has dropped to its 1988 price, sinking 70% from $43 two years ago.