"sink" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sink verbo

sink + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 24

sink the cruise industry • sink several ships • sink one's teeth • sink several vessels • sink a putt • ...

verbo + sink

Kolokacji: 9

begin to sink • cause to sink • begin sinking • start to sink • seem to sink • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) begin, start, seem

Kolokacji: 5

1. begin to sink = zacznij zatapiać begin to sink

2. begin sinking = zacznij zatapiać begin sinking

3. start to sink = początek do zlewu start to sink

4. seem to sink = wydawaj się zatopić seem to sink

5. start sinking = zatonięcie początku start sinking

Enterprise started sinking immediately and panic broke out among the passengers.
They looked around, checked something or other, and suddenly we started sinking into the sand.
"It started sinking in to me, the huge nature of the government's role as a lender and an insurer."
People were known to sweat to death, unable to stop once the beats started sinking in.
I'm not saying I believed them right away, but after a while, their message started sinking in.
It promptly started sinking into the ground but fortunately stopped a few years later.
Or will prices start sinking again faster than investors can yell "timber"?
But then, once Bart started sinking his teeth into a linguistic conundrum, he could focus with the best of them.
If you start sinking below the water I'll pull you back up again.
Unfortunately the church was built on sand, and the steeple side started sinking into the ground.

(2) cause, help

Kolokacji: 2

(3) keep, avoid

Kolokacji: 2

sink + preposición

Kolokacji: 52

sink into • sink down • sink off • sink below • sink beneath • ...

sink + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 51

sink low • sink slowly • sunk deep • sink further • finally sink • ...

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