Plughole

Mary dropped her earring in the sink which then vanished down the plughole.

This country is going irretrievably down the plughole.

When I took the plug out of the sink, the water gurgled down the plughole.

The plughole started to slurp loudly as the water went down it.

He jabbed his fingers into his hair and worked the dirt from the follicles, watched it swirl away down the plughole, sandy granules, flakes of dust and ash.