Random word

Sinker is an English word with synonyms like doughnut or donut. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Sinker in a sentence

Sinker | Sink | Sinking | Sinks | Sinkers | Sinkings

Sinker meaning

  1. That which sinks or descends.
  2. One who sinks something.
  3. A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.

Synonyms of Sinker

Using Sinker

  • The main meaning on this page is: That which sinks or descends. | One who sinks something. | A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
  • Useful related words include: doughnut, donut, friedcake, weight.
  • In the example corpus, sinker often appears in combinations such as: and sinker, sinker and, sinker to.

Context around Sinker

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Sinker

  • In this selection, "sinker" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mph, effective, cut, off, slider and last stand out and add context to how "sinker" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include line and sinker and 0 1 sinker to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sinker" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sinker

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Pérez tries a sinker and doesn’t get the call. (10 words)

Desperate for playmaking ability, Belichick swallowed Dimitroff’s bait hook, line and sinker. (13 words)

And shame on the local leadership who bought this crock, hook, line and sinker. (14 words)

Stanton sure did when he blasted Drew Smyly’s 1-0 sinker into orbit with two out in the bottom of the first, sending the ball crashing into the façade of the third deck at the Stadium, 447 feet away. (40 words)

For those who swallow hook, line and sinker the lies spewed by these haters I say the words of Nishan Panwar to them “rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots”. (35 words)

Stephenson smacked an 0-1 sinker to the left-center gap for a bases-clearing double and 4-0 lead, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Ty France for a five-run cushion. (34 words)

How sad that people who should know better have swallowed the bait hook line and sinker! (16 words)

Example sentences (20)

Henderson batted for Joey Ortiz and hit a 1-0 sinker off Cordero (3-2) down the right-field line.

How sad that people who should know better have swallowed the bait hook line and sinker!

Pérez tries a sinker and doesn’t get the call.

Stanton sure did when he blasted Drew Smyly’s 1-0 sinker into orbit with two out in the bottom of the first, sending the ball crashing into the façade of the third deck at the Stadium, 447 feet away.

When his fastball – listed by Statcast as a sinker – is right, it hits triple-digits.

I’ve been using lindy rigs with an 1/8 oz sinker or a split shot rigged nightcrawler.

Stephenson smacked an 0-1 sinker to the left-center gap for a bases-clearing double and 4-0 lead, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Ty France for a five-run cushion.

There was some tension after the Twins hit three batters, including Jose Altuve, who took a 94-mph sinker to his left wrist and immediately exited.

Advertentie

The song is about Louisville Grays pitcher Jim Devlin, who was an accomplished hitter and pitcher in the late 1800s, and the first pitcher to use the drop ball or “sinker” in baseball.

And shame on the local leadership who bought this crock, hook, line and sinker.

Because that’s where Taylor was when she shot video and snapped photos of her “Bali vacation” with an unsettling amount of her followers falling for it, hook, line and sinker.

But Eliza Robertson, a special needs teacher from Fergus Falls, has really embraced her creative side — hook, line and sinker.

Desperate for playmaking ability, Belichick swallowed Dimitroff’s bait hook, line and sinker.

For those who swallow hook, line and sinker the lies spewed by these haters I say the words of Nishan Panwar to them “rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots”.

He flashed a five-pitch repertoire with an effective sinker, slider, curveball and changeup but too often tried to trick hitters.

I didn’t really have much of a sinker last year and that was my pitch in the past.

In fact, data from Statcast indicates that he’s maintained his average velocity from his last full season in 2012 for both his 4-seam fastball and sinker.

Jansen worked a 3-2 count to Arozarena, a fastball-hunting breakout star this fall, before the rookie turned on a center-cut sinker and drove it out for a solo homer.

And based on recent history, they’re probably going to take the bait hook, line and sinker.

But for those who have bought all of these attacks hook, line and sinker, they’re surely in a form of moral panic right now over what looming evils a Scheer government will bring.

Advertentie

Common combinations with sinker

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sinker" in a sentence?
An example: "Henderson batted for Joey Ortiz and hit a 1-0 sinker off Cordero (3-2) down the right-field line." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sinker" from authentic English texts.
What does "sinker" mean?
Sinker means: That which sinks or descends.
What are synonyms of "sinker"?
Common synonyms of "sinker" include: doughnut, donut, friedcake, weight, pitch, delivery.
How many example sentences with "sinker" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sinker", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.