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- 01. It took about three and a half hours for the fishing boat to [sink] after it hit a rock.02. The Titanic was supposed to be [unsinkable], but obviously it wasn't.03. The little girl's feet [sank] into the warm mud.04. The old man [sank] into his chair, tired from working in the garden all day.05. The sun was slowly [sinking] into the sea as we paddled home.06. After the death of her cat, the old woman [sank] into a terrible depression.07. Just put the dishes in the [sink], and I'll wash them later.08. There is a Turkish proverb which notes that two captains will [sink] a ship.09. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Beware of small expenses; a small leak will [sink] a great ship."10. F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "I entertained on a cruising trip that was so much fun that I had to [sink] my yacht to make my guests go home."11. Counted among those who survived the [sinking] of the Titanic were two dogs.12. Throughout history, more ships have been [sunk] by storms than by war.13. The Titanic took 2 hours and 40 minutes to [sink] after hitting an iceberg.14. The vampire [sunk] his fangs into his young victim's tender throat with a sigh of contentment.15. Trinidad and Tobago's first commercial oil well was [sunk] in southern Trinidad in 1908.16. During World War Two, 23 Allied ships were [sunk] in the Saint Lawrence River.17. Japanese fighter planes [sank] two British battleships in the South China Sea, killing nearly 800 people, in December of 1941.18. The coastline of the Atlantic Ocean [sinks] about four inches every 100 years.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.