Sentence examples for he were sinking from inspiring English sources
He has a habit of suddenly burying his face in his hands, as if he were sinking into despair, or falling asleep; after a moment, his face lights up again.
He was sinking into a familiar sadness.
He was sinking in the first-round polls.
We can't tell what her other uncle, Tío Joe Frank Robless), thinks, because he's sinking into a serious depression.
"He... does not seem to understand that he is sinking in lies," said Giorgos Trangas, the paper's editor.
"Yesterday, he threw five scoreless, and he was sinking his fastball, ranging the fastball from 83 to 90.
The next moment he is sinking the governor's nominee to head the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Even as he was sinking, Mr. Valyi had a grin of delighted disbelief, as though finding himself in a Tintin adventure.
He knew a few weeks before the end that he was sinking, but he refused to admit it to anyone - himself included.
It almost looks as if he is sinking into an abyss, but it's not wise to vocalise one's wishes in case they don't come true.
When asked why he was sinking a sizable piece of his personal fortune and reputation into the effort, he spoke of leaving a legacy.
