sink
Example Sentences
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As he scrolled through the comments, he says he felt his "heart sinking lower and lower - and lower".
From BBC
As phytoplankton grow, they remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, making this region the world's largest oceanic sink for the climate warming gas.
From Science Daily
Stocks overall look like they’ll end the week on a sour note, though, a day after Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, sank following what seemed like stellar results.
A few days later the magnitude of the assignment began to sink in.
I was pretty nervous every show, and then you sink in and you start to be able to play with the audience a little bit.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
