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Sinking

noun

1.

A descent as through liquid (especially through water).

2.

A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength). "He could not control the sinking of his legs"

3.

A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension. Synonym: sinking feeling. "A sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"

Sink

verb

(past sank; past part. sunk, obs. sunken; pres. part. sinking)

1.

Fall or descend to a lower place or level. Synonyms: drop, drop down.

2.

Cause to sink.

3.

Pass into a specified state or condition. Synonyms: lapse, pass.

4.

Go under,. Synonyms: go down, go under, settle.

5.

Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. Synonym: subside. "She subsided into the chair"

6.

Appear to move downward. Synonym: dip. "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

7.

Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. Synonyms: fall off, slump.

8.

Fall or sink heavily. Synonyms: slide down, slump. "My spirits sank"

9.

Embed deeply. Synonym: bury. "He buried his head in her lap"

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... ground-swell that was rolling in to the land of course greatly retarded the rowers. Every moment the launch plunged almost bows under into the hollow of the sea, then rising again suddenly as the waves passed under her keel, her stern sinking down level with the surface at the same time and her prow being high in the air. I thought it somewhat dangerous at first, but dad and the other men took it so coolly that I was soon reassured ...

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... thoughtful night. The night in silence under many a star, The ocean shore and the husky whispering wave whose voice I know, And the soul turning to thee, O vast and well-veil'd Death, And the body gratefully nestling close to thee. Over the tree-tops I float thee a song, Over the rising and sinking waves, over the myriad fields and the prairies wide, Over the dense-packed cities all, and the teeming wharves, and ways, I float this carol with joy, with ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

... the soft turf I sat silently thinking, Of days when dear brother was by; While slowly and surely the bright sun was sinking, Far down in the ...

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