Sentence examples for upon the sinking from inspiring English sources

On October 1, 1864, weighed down by gold sovereigns, she drowned upon the sinking of a small boat in which she was attempting to run the federal blockade of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Watch out as, in a year or two, taxpayers are once more called upon to bail out the sinking ship – and expected to "comprehensively socialise investment".

Mr. Arons recalled the sinking feeling he had upon visiting the offices of a lawyer he hired for an important dispute.

He survives the sinking.

The United States was close to declaring war on Germany; American public opinion was growing increasingly incensed by a long succession of high-profile U-boat attacks upon civilian shipping, starting with the sinking of RMS Lusitania in 1915 and culminating in the torpedoing of seven American merchantmen in early 1917.

Upon sinking, the 21 in.

For instance, a scenario where there is only one node acting as a bridge between two distinct parts of the networks will have to forward all the traffic of one part of the network (depending upon location of the sink node).

Shares of the purchasee, which had lifted above the agreed-upon price amid the bidding, sank 2% after the announcement.

How heavily could the slowly sinking Mets rely upon him?

Orion harassment of Griffon shipping includes detaining merchant vessels, siphoning of refined oil products, and eventually firing upon and sinking vessels".

And when the Ship is sinking, the whole House is darken'd, and a shower of Fire falls upon 'em.