Sentence examples for it sink from from inspiring English sources

Mainer lost many shipmates that day – it was the deadliest attack on US territory until 11 September 2001 – and was on the Helena when it was torpedoed again by the Japanese in July 1943, watching it sink from a life raft and waiting four hours for rescue.

Lecter's backwash was also detectable in regular rotation in series television when "The Profiler" hit the airwaves; it sank from its network site a couple of years ago but is now enjoying -- if that's the word -- a run in syndication.

"It sank from under us," she said.

And then it sunk from under Bart's kayak, setting the kayak's shiny fibreglass bottom back upon the surface, and in a second it was gone.

Later, in the caves, I stood on a ledge overlooking a deep black pool of water and a snake rose to the surface — some kind of cobra, at least five feet long — and stared straight at me until I turned away and it sank from sight.

Now even an infinitely quick transition would, as it sank from consciousness, have to pass through each of these intermediate states.

But it too will sink from view under the rising tide of the UK's increasing flood risk unless Cameron's new review delivers a comprehensive and fully funded strategy to combat the UK's most serious threat from global warming.

Director Marc Bruni knows the show inside and out, but doesn't let it sink into a rut, from an amusing train scene to smoothly engineered set changes right up to the finale.

You can also put some sand, dirt, or rocks in the trap to help it sink and keep it from floating away.

Lifted by its wings, and still largely under control, it sank slowly from sight with its nose held high, until only the nose was visible moving forward through the forest like the head of a swimmer refusing to drown.

It's sinking from the weight of organisms sticking to it or in animal feces and getting buried on the ocean floor, Law says.