Example Sentences

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Apparel prices had been sinking recently on a monthly basis, for instance, but rose in cost last month.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Populations had been sinking for years, but they plummeted after the spill and spate of hurricanes.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2018

The 75-year-old leader's approval ratings had been sinking along with those of his ruling party, the African National Congress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2018

All this time railing against the flaws of the place, criticising its famous art scene – for a living – it had been sinking tendrils of belonging in me.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2015

The world’s wind had been sinking, and the driving sleet of the storm had given way to a chill, ragged, thickening mist.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin