Sentence examples for floor was sinking from inspiring English sources
He called to explain why the walls were cracking and the basement floor was sinking: The house was on the verge of collapsing.
A treacherous passage — the floor is sinking in, and a recent visitor broke his leg — leads to the Embassy Ballroom, which is bubble-gum pink, with a Grecian-wave motif around the awnings and a frieze of charioteers at either end.
But what happens if the floor is sinking?
The new deposits can create land even though the underlying sediments and sea floor are sinking from geological processes.
In one corner, the basement floor is sinking into the crypt below, though when it was opened up last year no one could see where the problem originated.
I.B.M. supports the Hermitage's Web site and the computer-guided tours through its vast collection, but a more costly project will involve shoring up the green and white Baroque palace that houses the museum; its floors are sinking.
The dance floor was full, the Titanic was sinking, and I had a duty.
The mattress was sinking.
The floor of this zone is sinking at a rate equal to that of deposition.
