For reasons not entirely clear, Switters felt his heart sinking.

"A very worthy calling," he said, his heart sinking, for she seemed to be moving further away from him than ever.

"We'll have to go back," she concluded, her heart sinking.

But it is the march through the alphabet that sets the heart sinking.

"He can take the peasants right out of the fields and throw them into the front lines," she said slowly, her heart sinking.

A lot of blood, he noted numbly, his heart sinking.

Just as everyone on this road appeared to be, Leigh thought, her heart sinking.

"We can discuss these things in good time," he said, his heart sinking.

"That was very kind of him," Rachel replied, her heart sinking.

Ryan had brought a small, powerful pair of night glasses with him, and be reached from them, his heart sinking.

His heart sank, and he did not know what to do.

Though I already knew what he held, my heart sank.

Her heart sank, but she tried not to let him see.

His heart sank for a moment, then he saw the mark on the back wall.

Two children came out of the house and my heart sank.

Then he could see the lot better, and his heart sank.

My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government's policy.

He turned around quickly at the sound of his name, and her heart sank even further to see what had happened to him.

She looked out over the town and her heart sank.

She looked into those eyes now and her heart sank.