Sinks

Now it rises, now it sinks.

My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.

Wood floats, but iron sinks.

Confident as I am that you will not trifle with this appeal, my heart sinks and my hand trembles at the bare thought of such a possibility.

Most kitchen sinks are made of stainless steel.

My breath is gone — my heart pants — my spirit sinks within me and dies away; and yet I long to kiss her in return.

Because warm water sinks in very cold freshwater, fish often gather in groups near the bottom.

Cold, salty water is dense and sinks to the bottom of the ocean while warm water is less dense and remains on the surface.

Water gets colder with depth because cold, salty ocean water sinks to the bottom of the ocean basins below the less dense warmer water near the surface.

The sun's eclipses and the changing moons, / whence man and beast, whence lightning and the rain, / Arcturus, watery Hyads and the Wain; / what causes make the winter nights so long, / why sinks the sun so quickly in the main.