"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
  • In 2002, sales of the beer, which had been sinking steadily since the 1970's, actually rose 5.3 percent.
  • And her brain was sinking steadily under the influence of her zone implant.
  • But she couldn't manage to free herself and the blade sank steadily downward.
  • Sterren's spirits sank steadily as he listened to all this.
  • The four victims were sinking steadily into their sucking grave.
  • Then a cold steel arrow had ripped through the balloon's fabric, and now it was sinking steadily.
  • The ship was sinking steadily at five or six meters a second.
  • It sank steadily, but slowly, to half its former elevation.
  • The sun beat down upon the foretop; the paper curled in Stephen's hand; his heart sank steadily.
  • Several buildings are visible in the ghost town, though it is steadily sinking into the marshlands.
5. sink gracefully = zatop z gracją sink gracefully
6. sink quietly = zatop cicho sink quietly
(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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