Sentence examples for to sinking from inspiring English sources

It was "like a lifeline to sinking men," according to the British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin.

Republicans say that they look forward to sinking their teeth into Mr. Corzine's initiatives.

"It was like a life line to sinking men," he said later.

But Hughes, wrote Ramo, came close "to sinking the whole enterprise".

But the discovery of just how carbon-rich and prone to sinking thaliaceans are may change that assumption.

"Beasts" doesn't overtly refer to sinking islands, or coastal erosion, or specific hurricanes, or any other actual ecological calamity.

Up on 18, Dustin is this close to sinking his birdie putt, but doesn't give it enough on the right.

From 1904 to 1907, the line lost four of its six steamers, two to fires and two to sinking after accidents.

In addition to sinking 11 of 20 3-pointers, the Nets held the Magic to 1 of 11 from long range.

All of this makes it particularly well suited to sinking ships, and then, once they've sunk, to preserving them for centuries.

The largest social group in the region is made up of those whom the bank defines as "vulnerable" to sinking back into poverty.