- present participle of sink.
sinking
Example Sentences
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With ramifications of the horrific images sinking in, and their justices away, clerks from other chambers soon left the building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act was adopted in 2014 to address chronic overpumping that has led to falling aquifer levels and caused dry wells and sinking ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The bodies were now being recovered further away from the scene of the sinking, some of them drifting towards Zambia, the Herald reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some of these attacks have resulted in marine pollution, including the sinking of container ship Safeen Prestige on 4 March following an attack near Oman.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Because he was the only one not on the sinking ship.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
