"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 12
1. sink low = zejdź na psy sink low
2. sink heavily = zatop ciężko sink heavily
3. sink gently = zatop łagodnie sink gently
4. sink steadily = zatop stale sink steadily
5. sink gracefully = zatop z gracją sink gracefully
6. sink quietly = zatop cicho sink quietly
  • With no struggle for financial security ahead, he'd been sinking quietly into a state ofbemused complacency.
  • His eyelids sank quietly often as he walked in happy warmth.
  • If they had already capsized, he reasoned, the Wave would have passed on by this time, leaving them quietly sinking in its lee.
  • The cayman sank quietly into the mud at the bottom, where it felt safely concealed.
  • This shared relaxation floated gently past these limits, creating a sensation like sinking quietly into a deep hole.
  • The house's southeast corner sloped downward, and the front porch was quietly sinking into the earth.
  • Susan Paladino sank quietly into the dark waves of the sea.
  • Enid let herself sink quietly into the high-backed chair.
  • It hung suspended above the lake for an instant, then sank quietly beneath the water and was gone.
  • On the whole, though, this quirky and startling result sank quietly into the scientific literature.
(3) deep, deeply
Kolokacji: 2
(5) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(6) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(8) gratefully, thankfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) forward, backward
Kolokacji: 2
(10) weakly, helplessly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) well, fully, easily
Kolokacji: 3

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