Sentence examples for was sinking from inspiring English sources

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began sinking

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Dictionary

was sinking

verb

To move or be moved into something. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. To push (something) into something. To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.

A stone sinks in water.

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Exact(57)

Sarah Palin was sinking--and she was sinking fast.

Huffington Post

KATY PERRY was sinking.

The New York Times - Arts

Hope was sinking.

The New York Times - Sports

She was sinking.

The New Yorker

Stein Erik's buoyant optimism was sinking fast.

Independent

The sun was sinking behind the ridge.

The New York Times

Their farmhouse was sinking into the earth.

The Guardian - Books

Morale at the company, meanwhile, was sinking.

The New York Times

For them my own heart was sinking.

The New York Times

He was sinking into a familiar sadness.

The Guardian - Books

The water was coming in and the boat was sinking.

Independent

More suggestions(15)

was sunken

was wreck

was wreckage

was subsidence

currently sinking

was drowned

just sinking

was loss

ben sinking

was draught

was deflection

become sinking

well sinking

described sinking

was drop

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