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Definition of Sinking

1. Noun. A descent as through liquid (especially through water). "They still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"

2. Noun. A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength). "He could not control the sinking of his legs"

3. Noun. A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension. "A sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"

Definition of Sinking

1. Verb. (present participle of ''sink'') ¹

2. Noun. The act or process of sinking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sinking

1. sink [v] - See also: sink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinking

sinkankasite sinked sinker sinker nail sinker nails sinkerball sinkerballer sinkerballers sinkerballing sinkers

sinkhole sinkholes sinkier sinkiest sinking (current term) sinking feeling sinking fund sinking ship sinking spell sinkings

sinkless sinklike sinks sinkt sinkward sinkwater sinky sinless sinlessly

Literary usage of Sinking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1912)
"On condition of sinking fund; constitutional and legislative provisions upon ... Deficit in sinking fund revenue to be provided for by extra levy; cause. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"It was impossible to restore the South Sea Company to complete health, but Walpole kept it alive by cordials from the sinking Fund until it gained ..."

3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"Rapid Shaft-sinking.—A shaft 12 feet by 26 feet has recently been ... The work was begun on June 21, 1891, and the sinking occupied twenty-one weeks five ..."

4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"At a depth of 90 yards the Flockton thick coal had been cut by a boring, and much gas and a little water had been given off. When the sinking reached 60 ..."

5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1903)
"The average progress of sinking was 7| yards per week.* Some particulars have been given to show the rapidity attained in sinking shafts in South Africa, ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"In no case shall payments to a sinking fund be less than amounts which invested at six per cent per annum will produce the sum to be paid out of such ..."

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