sinking

/ ˈsɪŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a feeling in the stomach caused by hunger or uneasiness
   2. ( as modifier )

      a sinking feeling

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, Russia is sinking ever deeper into its economic morass.

From The Daily Beast

As Democrats mutter privately that their Senate majority is sinking beneath the waves, their leadership has sent out an SOS.

From The Daily Beast

The U.S. and Russia are sinking billions into nuclear-capable bombers, missiles, and submarines.

From The Daily Beast

While migrant ship tragedies at sea happen all too often, the latest sinking appears to have been no accident.

From The Daily Beast

And you go on this boat because of all the hype and the commotion around it, and the boat is sinking.

From The Daily Beast

It has come to this—that I open my newspaper every morning with a sinking heart, and usually I find little to console me.

From Project Gutenberg

Ney and Marmont did not accompany the other Commissioners with their sorrowful terms; like rats they left the sinking ship.

From Project Gutenberg

The air, motionless again, extraordinarily heated, hung in a dull and yet transparent curtain between them and the sinking sun.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no pain—apparently no disease; simply a sudden sinking of the vital powers.

From Project Gutenberg

The poor mother, in silence and sorrow, was sinking to the tomb far more rapidly than Jane imagined.

From Project Gutenberg