Sentence examples for sank away from inspiring English sources

At home, his eyes were sometimes wide awake and popping; at other times, especially when he was eating, they sank away and almost disappeared.

At one point, an entire section of the stage sank away while an actor danced in military gear, the sound of explosions ricocheting through the theatre.

Dozens of buildings, including the post office and jail, were lost as the earth beneath them sank away.

However, the landing strip was still under construction and the ground water level had not yet been lowered: planes landing there sank away in the soft soil.

Major Haar radioed to base: "I'm just sinking away.

'It will eventually boil over into violence, sink away into irrelevance,' or return to traditional mores.

Just look at Nigeria and South Africa, whose democratically elected leaders are slowly sinking away.

She sat on a bench on the platform and watched people arriving in great drifts, then sinking away again.

The monument doesn't battle repression by attempting to stand for ever, but by sinking away, embodying repression itself.

I fear that my life is just going to sink away and I'll just be a homeless bum.

He watched his plane as it seemed to slowly sink away against the backdrop of blue water.