We stopped the engines when no vessel was in sight; and I was relieved from a heavy burden of anxiety as the sun sank below the horizon; and the course was shaped at full speed for Masonboro' Inlet.
She shortly afterwards floated off and drifting down the river, sank between the forts.
But Elsie's heart sank as he took up the next envelope with Berry's name in the corner.
She sank exhausted into the chair, and turned immediately on Tom.
His armssank to his side, and he turned and fairly slunk over to where lay an old brown overcoat.
Mr. Driscoll sank into an upholstered chair, and a skirmish began between his purple face and the baby blue of the chair's back.
A tide of explanation moved backward, and the din sank before it.
He sank back into his seat, and his head fell forward upon his breast.
Directed by the signals of Tom's right hand the column sank with precision to its appointed place at one corner of the building.
The next instant he went down, and at the spot where he sank the crowd swayed and writhed as the vortex of a whirlpool.
He hardly touched the breakfast Maggie had quietly put upon the chair while he had been reading, but sank back and, his eyes on the ceiling with its circle of clustered grapes, began to go over the situation.
Mr. Driscoll sank with a gasp into a chair beside the couch.
At sight of her Tom rose upon his elbow, then sank back, as pale as she, his fingers turned into his palms.
Tom sank back into his chair and waited for the two men to speak.
He lay for a time, his eyes turned dully into the back yard, watching the dirty light grow cleaner; and presently he sank into a light sleep.
She sank into a chair, clasped both hands over her heart, and turned her eyes upward.
Even those other women in motors and carriages, who had driven down to see the sight out of curiosity, sank back into their cushions aghast, sickened, ashamed at this spectacle of their sisters' plight.
I remember returning home once by way of Tidal Basin, and turning into the Victoria Docks so utterly exhausted that I sank down on a coil of rope and slept for hours.
The Van Vorsts who lived there, a junior branch of the old colonial house, did not prosper in worldly matters, but sank more and more as time went on, in general respect and consideration.
Elizabeth sat rigid for a moment, waiting for the answer that did not come; then her fingers relaxed their hold, she took her hand away and sank back against the wall.
She did not try a third time, butsank into a chair and put up her hands to her face.
Elizabeth, white and trembling, sank into the nearest chair.
Elizabeth sank down with a sense of physical relief, which obliterated all other feelings.
Elizabeth, faint and giddy, sank into the nearest chair, and put up involuntarily her hand to her heart.
Amanda sank back as if relieved, on the pillows, but still she questioned, with a look of doubt.
Elizabeth, embarrassed, murmured a few words of sympathy, as she sank into the chair nearest the door.
Her voice sank into rather a wistful key, and she stole a glance at the long pier-glass that stood opposite her.
When it was over, she sank back exhausted, and her eyes again sought the face in the engraving.
She sank down on the sofa and hid her face in the red plush cushions, while her whole frame shook with convulsive sobs.
His presence seemed a matter of absolute indifference to Elizabeth, who sank again into the low chair by the fire, and picking up the book she had laid down, turned over its pages with an air of icy unconcern.
And with this profound remark, the two women sank into silence, while the carriage rolled swiftly up the Avenue, stopping occasionally, as the footman left cards.
She threw open the revers of her coat, and sank back in her seat as if physically tired.
Into one we sank a lighted torch, and it was extinguished as quickly as if we had dropped it into water.
I kept straight on, and very soon the laugh was on me, for the treacherous snow sank beneath me, and I took a header, too.
The farther the war sank into the past, the straighter grew old Adam's back, the prouder his head.
But her attempted gaiety sankdismally in the silence which followed.
He sank back in his chair and began to scratch, absent-mindedly, at a holder with a match.
On my heart The thought flashed sudden, burning through the weft Of life, and with too much I sank bereft.
The old man sank into his chair again with a look of relief, muttering something about the wind.
A person named Johnstone was near him, and caught him as he sank down from the saddle.
To speak was impossible; I was unconscious that I breathed; and involuntarily, or rather against my will, I sank to the floor, assuming the cowering posture of those who were actually engaged in murder.
From sheer exhaustion it at last sank into silence, while the mother slumbered until a much later hour than usual.
The ship sank fifty feet below the surface and then shot forward.
He started the engine, the Porpoise sank beneath the waves, and with a hum of the big screw that throbbed and vibrated, was away again.
The tanks were filled, and the Porpoise sank beneath the waves.
Obedient to the directing hand of Professor Henderson she rose or sank as the tanks were emptied or filled.
Toward evening, on the seventh day after their adventure with the Sargasso Sea, the travelers closed the man hole, and with air tanks well filled slowly sank beneath the waves.
All right," grunted Bijonah, andsank back into his chair.
He sank down into the chair again and stared gloomily into the fire.
If I sank the old May Schofield for her insurance money, which is what every one believes, then I deliberately caused the death of the men with me, didn't I?
Nat banked on that, too, and it shows how clever he was, forever since the May sank I've had men tell me I shouldn't have carried four lowers that day.
Then, smiling at her husband, she sank back on her pillow and soon was enjoying her first restful sleep.
The soldier's head sank low; he left his second cup of coffee untasted.
For hours, old Hans and his cousin watched the fight, and lower and lower sank the head of the old man.
I can go no farther," he gasped, and sank on the grass at the side of the road.
I can now go to sleep and be happy," and he went back into his cave to his ivory chair and his head sank to his hands as he settled his elbows on the marble table and the old Redbeard went again to his dreams.
And rising stiffly he tottered to the table and sank in a chair beside Hans.
Every pain his mother feltsank deeply into his heart, and at last the day came when he led the Prussian army to the great battle of Sedan, where he conquered the nephew of Napoleon and created the German Empire.
I sank him, I sank you, too, Winnie, I have privilege to know one such lovely character.
The clatter of voices sank to sudden silence, and the new-comer, looking from face to face, instantly understood the situation.
Our imaginations sank exhausted as we attempted to follow the heroine through all her matrimonial complications, I give it as it was dictated to me: MRS.
Straight to its mark leaped the murderous bit of lead, and the shark, stunned by the impact of the bullet, snapped its jaws harmlessly together and sank downward in the reddening water.
The crowd thinned out; deeper and deeper Alfred's heart sank within him.
Here, according to report, the spook sank into a sunken grave.
As he spoke he strove to rise, but with the effort came a pang of anguish, and he sank back, faint and sick, upon the ground.
Read it aloud," and sankinto his chair breathing heavily.
Mrs. Lettice threw her apron over her head, and sank into the nearest chair.
The sun sank and the long twilight of the hills set in.
The sun sank lower and the shadows lengthened and deepened, and still Patricia stood silent with uplifted and averted face, and fingers tightly locked together.
The Governor sank into an armchair, and smiled graciously.
Here she sank upon the sand, her frame quivering like an aspen.
They embraced, and he wrung their hands, and, stepping hastily into the boat, sank down and covered his face with his cloak.
When the sun sank behind them it was as though a mighty warrior had entered his fortress.
Their feet sank deeply in cushions of soaked moss and rotting leaves.
I collapsed, sank back upon the rugs, and lay there, panting for breath, wondering if I had crossed the border line which divides madness from sanity.
He sank in a heap on the floor; he held up his hands above his head; and he gibbered,--like some frenzied animal.
He sankin so far that he had hard work to get out.
Then the light died out of them, the head sank again.
Her first instinct was to pause; then second-thought made her keep straight on her way as if to pass through, till at the farther end of the causeway she turned suddenly to the left and sank down behind a plinth.
Her voice died away to a sort of sigh, and she sank back again, clasping her hands tightly together.
The odd, composite ring in her voice sank as she added, in a lower tone, 'sometimes I almost wish I didn't.
Everything was trivial of course, and yet the trivial commonplace interruption had somehow brought home the reality of what had happened to the lad, and his head sank on his crossed arms once more in utter dejection.
She gave a short laugh, andsank back, still breathless from her fit of coughing.
The Bishop sprang up from his chair angrily, and then sank back again, determined to listen.
Lawson entered and sank down into the soft cushions, for it was very luxurious.
Sir Duncan took the bag, with the deed inside it, returned in three steps to the perilous shelf, and with one strong hurl sent forth the load, which cleft the white mist, and sank forever in the waves of the whirlpool.
The sled runner went over a hummock just then on one side of the trail, while the runner on the other side sank into a rut.
Somehow they found those larger, comforting hands and cuddled into them as the little girl sank to her knees on the braided mat.
The petty magisterial tyrants, who had been worse than vain of their little brief authority, were put down, or rather, being no longer upheld, sank to their original and natural insignificance.
She sank lower and lower; she missed going to her work oftener, spent whole days in gossiping, and became as soft as a rag whenever she had a task to perform.
In short, she was sinking, and as she sank lower and lower she talked of extending her business.
Her neck sank into her shoulders and she had become so fat and ugly you might have cried on noticing the change.
Two years passed by, during which they sank deeper and deeper.
And then he sank on to a chair stammering, "Our little mother, our little mother.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sank" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words: sank back; sank down
