Today the rate is 1.4, and has been sinking for half a century.

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

She sank for a second and final time in 1892.

They say a man sinks a third time for good.

"I thought we were going to sink our differences for the time being!"

My young heart sank with love and pain for him.

But the reality had not yet seemed to sink in for many of the party's leaders.

It didn't sink in for a minute what was going to happen next.

After that his past sank out of sight for him.

"Now turn that thing around or I'll sink it for you."