"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
(12) well, fully, easily
Kolokacji: 3
1. sink well = zatop dobrze sink well
  • The morale in that department sank well below zero.
  • QE2 will be no different and may well sink the economy faster than the Titanic!
  • If you were sent to sea alone in an open boat to some unknown destination, your heart might well sink within you.
  • "The economy will be sinking well into the middle of next year."
  • She sank in it well over her ankles and it was just the thing for sore feet.
  • Opening the door, he climbed out of the Jeep, his feet sinking well past his ankles into the deepening snow.
  • During his one-year reign, United has been hit with problems that might well sink many a company.
  • Yet the Administration has persuaded some loyalist senators to oppose it, a move that could well sink the treaty.
  • The property was being steadily improved with extra fencing and well sinking during the year.
  • In several places the mercury sank well below zero, down to minus 22 in some parts of Connecticut.
2. fully sink = w pełni zatop fully sink
3. sink easily = zatop łatwo sink easily

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