Sinking means: gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk. Related words include descent or decrease. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Sinking in practice.
Sinking in a sentence
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Sinking meaning
gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.
Example sentences (20)
NU fought hard, with Lau sinking a three and drilling a second chance layup to bring the score to a close 50-48.
Up to half the change in sea level in the Thames estuary is down to the land sinking rather than the sea rising.
Without property development this process was entirely natural and slow as the water was sinking into the soil.
Himalayan towns are crumbling and sinking as a result of runaway development, and nobody should be surprised.
Everything down here is built from farming, but that doesn’t mean that you going to stay on a sinking ship.
The sinking resulted in the greatest loss of life at sea from a single ship in the history of the US Navy.
Divers prepared to enter the 35 degree (Fahrenheit) water and begin the process of slowly sinking the entire pipe into place.
On the Wolves’ side, Megan Mecham recorded the team-high with 10 points, sinking two shots from downtown.
Parts of Chile are sinking not because of sea level rises caused by global warming but due to earthquakes, a study has found.
Rolling in the deep: the highs, lows - and occasional sinking feeling - of TikTok’s viral Wellerman star.
Accidents, assassinations, sinking ships and guidance systems gone awry can all undermine the most carefully planned strategy.
The horse named Bear, was striding along Orchard Beach Friday afternoon when it suddenly got stuck in the mud and began sinking.
This in turn means that the sinking air is warmer due to global warming, and thus produces heat waves as it sinks and compresses.
This November marks 150 years since the sinking of the Ville du Havre, a French ocean liner, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Bard explained: “The east coast of England is most at risk of sinking first due to sea level rise.
The sinking market of China is a key market that cannot be overlooked due to its large population.
So the character Zevon sings about "sinking down" had a lot to do with his real life at the time.
Clark also reached double figures in scoring, sinking seven shots from the field and two-of-two from the charity stripe for 16 points.
It wasn’t until sinking poll numbers showed that Reagan remained popular with Americans that Bush toned it down and ran Reagan’s record.
Sinking without resurfacing indicates that the oil is too cold; not sinking at all indicates that the oil is too hot.
Common combinations with sinking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sinking 40×
- sinking of 25×
- sinking the 13×
- sinking ship 13×
- sinking into 13×
- sinking in 12×
- is sinking 11×
- of sinking 9×
- and sinking 8×
- are sinking 8×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word sinking. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.