"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
(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
1. sink weakly = zatop z trudem sink weakly
2. sink helplessly = zatop bezradnie sink helplessly
  • When the animal, usually a penguin, sank helplessly into the water, the group of Borers would devour it.
  • Anna said, sobbing, as she sank helplessly into an armchair.
  • The slowly whirling rotor eased the descent as they sank helplessly toward the valley floor.
  • He was helplessly sinking, weighted down by his heavy mail coat.
  • He sank helplessly back into the chair.
  • To say that is hardly to abandon standards of judgment, to sink helplessly into some bottomless multicultural soup.
  • She pressed gentle, warm fingers over his eyes, and he sank helplessly into blackness.
  • She remained so, in rigor, then sank helplessly back against the pillow when the door closed him out of her sight again.
  • Her deep blue eyes locked with mine, and I felt myself sinking helplessly into their depths.
  • All about her in rickety cots, exhausted girls sank helplessly into sleep.
(12) well, fully, easily
Kolokacji: 3

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