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Sinking
"Sinking" in a Sentence (13 examples)
We felt the ground sinking.
The leisure industry is sinking more money into new resorts.
Rats leave a sinking ship.
We watched the sun sinking below the horizon.
I escaped from the sinking boat with difficulty.
I was watching the red sun sinking in the west.
The passengers were taken off the sinking ship.
The crew had to abandon the sinking ship.
The ship is sinking.
The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.
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I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district[…]
The excavation took 16 months of 24-hour working to complete and required the sinking of a 65ft shaft, from where workers carved out the passageway and lined it with reinforced steel and sprayed concrete.
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