Sentence examples for were sinking from inspiring English sources

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were sinking

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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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The lessons were sinking in.

Dams were sinking.

Her poll numbers were sinking.

He said his spirits were sinking.

My soaking feet were sinking in mud.

"The royal barge is, as it were, sinking.

We were sinking, mired in gloom, isolation, and uncertainty.

"I think that some people felt like they were sinking.

With Ponting gone – he was batting well then – Australia were sinking fast.

"We were sinking down, and there was nothing I could do," Martínez said.

Box office revenues, which had soared during World War II, were sinking.

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