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sinking

adjective as in settling in

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"His message is sinking in, you get moments like this in a season, when it's hard to win," he said.

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That sinking feeling when you wake up and check the score.

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He made a layup or drew a foul each time, sinking every free throw to help his team prevail.

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Brightbill hovered on the wind and watched his poor mother sinking into the depths.

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A host of major companies reported quarterly results, with Facebook parent Meta sinking more than 11 percent while Google parent Alphabet won 4.1 percent.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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