- present participle of sink.
sinking
Example Sentences
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He’s sinking into himself, creating a protective turtle-like shell against the nettlesome LAPD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Smit Machchhar said he was on the ground and still being attacked when he realised the plane carrying more than 170 passengers was sinking and he had to do something.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I always thought that’s a cool place to start — like you’re on a sinking ship,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
What on earth was so important that Zheng had left with that one thing from a sinking ship?
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
