Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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In light of all this — against all my instincts — I am sinking into cynicism.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2019
Then there are those, like David Moyes, for whom every gesture and expression spells it out: I am in trouble, I am sinking, I am lost.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
"I am sinking," he said to his wife, and a few hours later he was dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tom, I am sinking, don’t wait for me, you will soon reach the shore now,” he cried out.
From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb
It is all in vain now; I am sinking, and me so near the only slip that is in the lake.
From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton
