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In spite of all this care the Horse's coat grew steadily duller. Its eyes sank in its head and hairs began to fall out of its tail.

She sank down on the low bank, and stripping off the remnants of her slippers and stockings, dabbled her burning feet in the cool water.

This tall, well-groomed man sank even deeper into his chair and stared blankly at a spot on the wall ahead of him.

Father Ralph asked as he sank into the chair he had come to think of as his own.

The Man Bitten by an Ant, and Hermes One day, a sailing ship sank to the bottom of the sea with all its passengers.

It was as if the cumulative affect of working with Bill and his optimism sank in.

Ships and boats sank in the big waves. Suddenly, the wind became stronger. The clouds in the sky moved quickly. Leaves fell from trees.

The boat sank but the young man was able to swim to the bank.

He looks at the doctor and asks, "There was a movie that was made about a ship that sank after hitting an iceberg, what was its name? "

At last, with an air of disappointment, his head sank back on the pillow.

Such violence of affliction indeed could not be supported forever; it sank within a few days into a calmer melancholy.

Mary sank down on the hearth- rug in the wrecked room and sobbed as if her heart would break .

But since he had come he meant to wait; and he sank into a chair and stretched his feet to the logs.

The executioner could then help speed their demise by means of a large hook with which he sank the person deeper.

Overtaken by a huge iceberg, the luxurious ship, Titanic, sank to the bottom of the sea once and for all on its maiden voyage.

As Cape Town approached there was an argument and a scuffle in the corridor, and my heart sank.

An idea that tantalized global financial markets came out of the weekend and immediately sank into the tar pit of European decision making.

which, after a few moments sank slowly down upon the trees until every twig seemed to have a knot at the end of it.

The Egyptian sank into an intent reverie, which did not seem to present to him any clear or satisfactory suggestion.

His straw hat was far on the back of his head and he sank down into the bow with the pull of the line as he felt the fish turn.

She was silent. Elinor's security sank; but her self-command did not sink with it.

Hiro sank to his knees, his head bowed, his arms lips by his sides.

The ship ran into a shelf and sank to the bottom of the sea.

When the sun sank low above the treetops and no more drops fell from the tips of the icicles they began to watch eagerly for Pa.

Much better. My heart sank when Mary told me that she wanted to leave me.

I trembled at the first effects of this intelligence: he half rose up, looked eagerly round the apartment, and then sank back in a swoon.

Alas! I know not, ' said the little Mermaid: 'the Sea-folk have no souls. ' And she sank down into the deep, looking wistfully at him.

While an assistant stood guard in a small boat, I sank to the bottom with a camera encased in a bubble-shaped underwater housing.

She sank down on the bed and began to weep like a little girl.

Once across, it sank to sit like a toad on the eastern bank, and new fog begun to puff out of it.

Behind the child was a stinking corridor, and his little chair, splitting across the bottom, sank a little beneath his weight.

She sank to the ground and burst into such a frenzy of crying that Tom was appalled with the idea that she might die, or lose her reason.

Birds can fly. He couldn't swim, but when the ship sank, he was able to swim to the bank.

Although he was far beyond the reach of the revolution, his melancholy attitude did not improve and he sank deeper into a depression.

The story of a galleon that sank at the start of her maiden voyage in1628 must be one of the strangest tales of the sea.

Alas, it was not to be, for the mighty king was killed and the ring sank to the bottom of a river.

Covering her face with her hands, she sank upon a sofa, and gave vent to the tears which she was now unable to repress.

One family sank everything into a home it bought a year and a half ago, which has since lost $150, 000 in value.

China's official Xinhua news agency said the warship sank the vessel in Russian waters last Sunday off the port of Vladivostok.

When he took off his hat and coat my heart sank. There stood our preacher. . . he was the "homeless man. "

When he told me that he could not find Hei Shi, my heart sank, and tears swelled up in my eyes immediately.

She turned with a cry and sank upon his shoulder with such violence that he tottered a little.

The rising water carried the baskets off the ship, but none survived the turbulence created as the ship sank to the bottom.

I was just about to make a little bow of assent, assent, when the meaning of the last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie.

Crime and corruption sank, with the murder rate falling to its pre-Prohibition level in a manner of a few years.

His voice trailed away as he sank within his memories, to the turning point in his life more than two years before, in the Time of Troubles.

The sun sank out of sight, the woods grew dark, and he did not come.

When you dream that you were a fish and you sank down to the bottom of sea.

As the sun sank slowly on the horizon, Gwen got ready to go home.

Though experts still quibble about the exact nature of how the ship broke up, a consensus does seem to be forming around how Titanic sank.

Only the gulls heard his dying curses ringing over the cape as he sank down and down into the mire and was engulfed.

Blurred images flashed across her mind as the ugly truth sank in. Her heart smouldered in resentment; her eyes gleamed in fury.

when the last withered petal dropped, all the love for the tree sank into oblivion as if nothing was left.

She used to do the wrong which could not be forgave, so i changed her into a rice-cake, and i sank her into the sea.

The woman sank back to a sitting posture on the floor, and, covering her eyes with her hands, gave way to heart-broken sobs and wailings.

Over the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank.

Annette sank into a chair, and, leaning her forehead on her two fists, burst into passionate weeping.

How good of the Duke to think of me! "She pushed a chair up to the tea-table and Mrs. Struthers sank into it delectably. "

The proportion of jobless Americans has risen steadily since the United States sank into a recession more than a year ago.

My heart sank when I spied the envelope in his cubby at school, but I'd been expecting this sort of trouble.

One of them fell into the swift current, rolled over and sank to the bottom of a deep hole.

for if the ship sank, the men were drowned, and their dead bodies alone reached the palace of the Sea King.

Last week, South Korean investigators revealed parts of a North Korean torpedo that they said sank the ship.

How much wealth She sank in the depth of ocean?

A violent earthquake shook the land, giant waves rolled over the shores, and the island sank into the sea never to be seen again.

On hearing this the general's head sank; he shrugged his shoulders, and flung up his hands with a choleric gesture.

Prince also stood firm and motionless as long as he could; till he suddenly sank down in a heap.

He looks at the teacher, and asks her: "What was the name of the famous ocean-liner that sank after hitting an iceberg? "

I had been leaning my head against her bosom, and all at once. I sank from her arms and fell backwards on the steps.

The prosthesis sank significantly into the femur, and significant separation took place in the proximo -lateral interface.

Once the excitement of candles and no showers had waned, the horror of the situation sank in and they slunk off to bed.

During the sea battle, a South Korean patrol boat hit by a North Korean patrol boat sank as it was being towed back.

The ship had been built to carry arms and was in fact carrying munitions when the Germans sank it.

Finally they helped me upstairs to a bedroom, and I sank gratefully into a warm, dry bed .

One day while they were walking by the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom.

He looked up once at the empty sky, filled his lungs once, twice, and then sank fast to the bottom with the stone.

Mr. Alexander said he grossed a total of $150. He sank into a funk and stopped looking.

As the ball hit the back of Liverpool's net, George sank to the Wembley turf and lay on his back with his arms outstretched.

She sank within a few days into a calmer melancholy.

Mr. Button, sank down upon a chair near his son and concealed his face in his hands.

The ship keeled over in the storm and sank to the bottom of the sea.

My heart sank and I started to wonder if the seat I was sitting on would be big enough for me to fit underneath.

He was breathing hard and thenhis heart sank when he realized just how long of a surface swim hestill had in front of him.

We all know the biggest ship is Titanic but it sank, so the best ship is still friendship. I love my friends just as to like my own eyes.

On Friday, a South Korean government spokesman quoted Mr Wen as saying that Beijing would not protect "whoever sank the ship" .

The South Korean navy has begun to raise the stern section of one of its warships which sank after an unexplained explosion last month.

The ship keeled over when it hit the rocks, and sank to the bottom with all itspassengers and sailors.

the sailor grumbled thanks and glanced sourly at the unheeding windows , sank his head and swung himself forward four strides.

She began singing very low, till his fingers dropped from hers, and his head sank on his breast.

The prince was lying half-dead in his ship, when it sank at last with a terrible shock into the branches of a large tree in the wood.

The prince was lying half-dead in his ship, when it sank at last with a terrible shock into the branches of a large tree in the wood.

when the last withered petal dropped, all the love for the tree sank into ob-livion as if nothing was left.

My heart sank for her words and I found no words to say. So I shouted at her again: " Are you ok now? "

His heart sank when his boss told him that the company didn't need him any more.

People didn't know why the back of the Titanic broke off and fell apart as she sank to the bottom.

for a moment the horse stood motionless . then gradually its thin legs began to bend and it sank slowly to the ground.

And he loosened his arms from about her, and she sank down into the water, trembling with a strange fear.

Eight years earlier, the General Slocum, a steamboat on a charter run to a church picnic, exploded and sank in the East River.

On hearing this, the helpless man sank down into the sofa with his face in his hands.

He stood like a statue till the danger was past, when he yielded to a fit of trembling and sank down into the wet moss.

The old man and woman stood on the ship arm in arm. They sank together with the ship and would be together forever.

He chuckled, said, "Very convincing , " and then suddenly sank into a crouch, his muscles coiled like a spring.

She went into her room, and sank down in despair and utter misery.

Always someone else was more worthy of your truth so you gave it away and you sank in vibration and in consciousness.

First, the young whale spit regurgitated fish onto the surface of the water, then sank below the water and waited.

Memories of my childhood, together with the album, sank again to the bottom of the suitcase.

After a failed attempt to invade Athens, the entire island sank into the sea 'in a single day and night of misfortune'.

"Uh, it's right here, uh, somewhere, I uh . . . " Wade sank down in his seat. "I guess I forgot it. "

Kitty and Ben watched TV at home. The wind became a typhoon and blew fiercely . Trees fell down. Ships and boats sank in the sea.

Mrs. Thatcher turned pale, and sank into a pew, just as Aunt Polly, talking briskly with a friend, passed by. Aunt Polly said.

The ship sank clear to the bottom of the sea.

heart sink His heart sank at the thought that the exams were only a week away . . .

" Shocked, Spielberg replies " It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.

The ship sank and the day when less than 30% of the public support than the limited military response, the change unexpectedly.

The General Hoyt S. Vandenberg sank in less than two minutes, creating a new artificial reef for sports divers and anglers .

But when it grew dark and cold and a piercing rain began to fall, she sank into despair.

When the bow filled with enough water, Long says, the ship split in two and sank in a matter of minutes.

The sun sank down, and in the sky floated a thin, ineffectual moon.

And she sank down as though on the point of death.

With our life jackets secured and fastened, we waited as the boat sank deeper into the water.

Her heart sank within her when she recognized the man whom Mr Fogg desired, sooner or later, to call to account for his conduct.

The little girl was very happy because her parents promised to take her to the park, but her heart sank when her father fell ill.

He sank a little in determination, for he was not so sure, after all, what her opinion might be.

Some leaving before passengers got off the ship. It eventually sank after striking rocks off an island in the Aegean Sea.

she sank a trawler , a transport , and a cargo ship . two other trawlers were destroyed by her gunfire before she returned to pear harbor.

So it had been from the days many years ago when the first settlers raised their houses, sank their wells, and built their barns .

But the deeper his knife went, the deeper the small hand sank until it had caught hold of Georgiana's heart.

When the Deepwater Horizon sank, this riser collapsed and folded in on itself, but did not sheer off from the blowout preventer.

Russian media say the ship, named New Star, was being pursued by Russian border guards and sank in a storm after the shooting.

China has neither openly backed assertions that the North sank the ship, nor so much as hinted at disapproval of North Korean behaviour.

I have no regrets between us have loved, but I love your sank into a deep ocean of anguish.

he rose once to the surface in a lather of foam and blood , and then sank again for good.

The Royal Navy ship sank off Gibraltar in 1694 with up to 10 tons of gold coins on board, making it one of the most valuable wrecks ever.

sank: he had not expected them to be that smart.

However the worst tragedy occurred when an American submarine sank the ship the 'Lisbon Maru', without knowing who was on board.

Men because men do things, of course, you have to find those poetic feelings, but real life does not allow you to have sank.

All 64 passengers and crew of a Canadian sailing ship that sank in high winds have been rescued from life rafts off the coast of Brazil.

And she was alone with her gray baby anchor, who got so oppressive that eventually sank her.

After the ship hit an iceberg and sank into the sea. Jack and Rose, and many other people fell into the cold sea water.

Very early on and listen to music, turn the computer familiar and unfamiliar melody slowly sank into the heart.

Once adjusted to account for that depreciation, Indonesia's GDP and growth rates both sank significantly below conventional figures.

The ship went down the way out of the Stockholm harbor, went 200 yards, rolled over and sank.

He sank into a chair and stretched his feet to the logs.

In a corner, between two houses, one of which projected beyond the other, she sank down and huddled herself together.

When the storm arose, the wind chopped around and the little boat almost sank.

When the ugly girl saw this on his face, a great cloud of bitterness came upon her. She sank to the floor, moaning.

The largest and finest ship sank while it was on her first trip to America .

It consist of 72 villages which sank to the bottom of the sea in an earthquake one night in 1605.

At last after eating, he sank into deep sleep. In such a life there was neither time nor energy for boredom.

It was near the end of winter, and the roads were deep with mud. Often the heavy wagon sank down almost to the hubs of the wheels.

A feeling of despair came over him as the boat sank deeper in the water.

The ship sank through a collision with an oil tanker.

She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again.

I soon found my bread bin to be empty, and sank again into a morose meditation.

till her hour came and she sank earthwards reluctantly, and left them, and mystery once more held field and river.

The wind chopped about and the little boat nearly sank.

It was very clumsy, but lasted a great many years before it became water-logged and perhaps sank to the bottom.

Tess was so shaken that she could get no further, and sank a helpless thing into a chair.

One day he went out to the sea with his friends. During the trip, the ship sank and many people died, only Robinson survived.

I was just about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in.

The boat sank in a mountain of a wave .

She ate and drank eagerly; and sank back on her pillow again clenching her hands and groaning.

The singer's eyes hazed over and she sank down in a dead faint.

Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman's shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly.

At least three more vessels that sank carried potentially hazardous sulphur.

And she sank down into the deep, looking wistfully at him.

Two days after the explosion, the rig sank to the ocean floor, and a pipe connected to the well on the sea floor broke.

Bobby's heart sank as the owner picked them up and placed them gently into a long white box.

The Titanic was a very big ship . It was considered unsinkable, but it sank during it's first voyage.

International investigators say a North Korean torpedo sank the ship, although Pyongyang has denied any role in the incident.

Thus he thought, and crumpled up and sank down upon the wet earth.

The ship hit a rock and sank down, the crew were at the mercy of the winds and waves.

Another key item sold from Asplund's collection was her father's pocket watch, which reportedly stopped at the exact moment the ship sank.

Grief took a quick glance at the empty blank of the chart, whistled his surprise, and sank back feebly in a chair.

When Philip thought that he must spend over four years more with that dreary set of fellows his heart sank.

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

The atmosphere in Washington became very tense. Relations between Congress and the White House sank to their lowest level in history.

Suddenly, without obvious cause, her heart sank, and she asked herself frantically how she could possibly get through her confinement.

the hidden pools sank down and caked over, keeping the last least foot mark on their edges as if it had been cast in iron;

And he started out, "Doris, more than any other woman I have ever known . . . " And my heart sank.

Thinking that they were grenades, the Japanese panicked, dropped their guns, tried to submerge the sub, and sank into oblivion.

Little Tom sank down with his face in his hands.

Six sailors from the DPRK are missing after their cargo ship sank off the coast of Dalian Tuesday due to strong winds, Xinhua reported.

Nearly half of an hour into the contest, McGrady finally ended the drama when he sank his game-winner.

Truman sank down with his face in his hands.

International investigators say a North Korean torpedo sank the ship, but Pyongyang has rejected this.

Despite its upbeat earnings report on Thursday, shares of GM sank to the lowest levels since the stock went public last November.

As I began to count the bullets, the reality sank in deeper.

As the ship slipped into the North Atlantic, so, too, did the secret of how and why it sank.

It was unclear where the Thai-registered fishing boat, crewed by Thais and a handful of people from Burma, sank.

Then the woman sent an otter, but being a timid animal, it lost its courage and sank to the bottom.

The U. S. dollar dropped to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen, and also sank to new lows against the euro and other global currencies.

Finally, just before they maneuvered her into a sling, she sank her needle-sharp teeth into Jeff's hand.

She sank her fork into the meat to see it was well cooked.

Four days into the trip, the ship hit an iceberg and sank, taking more than 1, 500 passengers with it.

With that , my heart sank . I knew that I could never be happy with a man who couldn't even give me an answer straight away .

During the next couple of weeks, the right wheels sank, almost buried.

He felt forsaken by his friends and sank into depression.

The center threw the basketball to one of the forwards , who calmly sank the winning basket.

As soon as three floors had been built, by 1178, it began to lean as the ground beneath it sank .

My cheeks, which were beginning to fill out, have sank again.

The boat sank and we were marooned on a little island.

The boat later sank while being towed back to port for repairs.

After the ship sank, salvage of it's ago was impossible.

The island's fortunes sank as it lost business to its arch-rival, Singapore.

But it never sank in till that girl got a hold of me.

C. Tom sank down with his face in his hands.

The ship sank into the sea, and wasn't seen any more.

The kids watched as the coin sank to the bottom of the pool.

The worm in the water swam around happily while the worm in the whisky had a fit and sank to the bottom, dead.

At last the child sank into a deep sleep.

But over the next months, the reality of life outside the relative safety of the factories sank in.

It has been more than five weeks since the Deepwater Horizon rig sank, and the oil spill that resulted is very conspicuously continuing.

The day light sank deeper and deeper into the darkness, and the widowed land, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silent.

As he sank he felt a stone hand fumbling at his face.

I stepped closer; my heart sank as I saw the bandages wrapped around half of his upper chest.

He sank down with his face in his hands.

The daylight sank deeper and deeper into the darkness, and the widowed lang, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silent.

Prince Andrey began telling him the story of Bluebeard , but he sank into dreamy meditation before he had finished the story.

Her heart sank as she saw that his face was quite changed.

The feast was over, the music sank into a low and subdued strain.

The ship sank below the waves, and was seen no more.

From the time of the birth of this child, her health gradually sank.

In front of the window stood a large , comfortable armchair. Into this Louise sank and looked out of the window.

I sank down into a chair, and my plastic cup of mums fell, breaking two stems.

"Jonas has not been assigned, " she informed the crowd, and his heart sank.

TYPICAL USE: After the ship sank, salvage of its cargo was impossible.

Once the pride of the Swedish navy, the ship sank on its maiden voyage.

helens head , always drooping , sank a little lower as she finished this sentence.

The strong man sank trembling into a seat and covered his face because he was ashamed and afraid.

It sank after an explosion during the testing of a cavitating torpedo called Shkval, or Squall.

Over the years, Bulgaria, once a respected supplier of weapons to the Soviet Union, sank into unscrupulous business practices.

Questions remain, though, about exactly how and why the ship ultimately broke apart and sank.

He sank into depression when they both left him in December last year and he was found dead in a tiny flat after being forced to move there.

The jump in debt and equity issuance compensated for the decline in income from dealmaking, which sank to its lowest since 2004.

The daylight sank deeper and deeper into the darkness, and in the widowed land, whose harvest had been reaped, lay silence.

But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Remaining bits of bronze sank away from sight. A star or two began twinkling.

When North Korea sank the Cheonan, China had to choose between security and its increasingly close ties to South Korea.

When they died, they sank to the bottom of the sea.

Chinese wine culture has a long history and has sank into people's minds, but excessive drinking will be harmful for the body.

its detonation was immediately followed by a massive internal explosion which sank her in less than 20 minutes.

I lingered till the sun went down amongst the trees , and sank crimson and clear behind them .

You sank and sank right to the bottom of the earth under a big soft hand.

Most communities sank in a vast ocean. Roads were so covered with seeper that foot passengers and vehicles had to paddle.

Land prices began to fall in the mid-1990s. They sank further in the Asian financial crisis of 1997, due to falling exports.

One night in the middle of the magician's performance, the ship hit an iceberg and sank.

If German submarines sank American ships, Wilson would have no choice but to declare war.

An international investigation said a North Korean torpedo sank the ship .

Japan's Nikkei stock index sank almost five percent, to its lowest point in more than three years.