Sentence examples similar to one's heart sank from inspiring English sources
One's heart sinks at Mr Kay's emphasis on "codes of practice": too often these are exercises in window-dressing.
One's heart sinks right from the fanfare of overblown cheer and bogus goodwill that is "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year", which like much of the album is awash in syrupy orchestration.
The novel's atmosphere is Kafkaesque -- how one's heart sinks to deploy this overworked adjective -- but it accurately conveys its hallucinatory aura.
Instantly, Cotchery's heart sank.
Chief Downey's heart sank.
But what makes one's heart sink is the fact that so often things are worse today than a generation ago.
The only American woman mentioned as a potential Nobel Laureate this year was Joyce Carol Oates, which makes one's heart sink for some reason, to do with her Stakhanovite output and a slightly charmless, plodding aspect to much of her work.
Julija Pivoriunaite's heart sinks when one of her teachers at Glasgow Middle School announces that students must go online to do a homework assignment.
