Definition of Sinking

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Definition of Sinking
	Sinking of Sink a. & n. from Sink. Related Definitions: From, Of, Sink

Sinking Quotations

We of the sinking middle class may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get there it will not be so dreadful as we feared, for, after all, we have nothing to lose.
George Orwell

I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships.
Gilda Radner

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.
Charles Dickens

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
James Joyce

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.
John C. Calhoun

The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in.
Bobby Orr

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.
James Russell Lowell

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.
Jack Adams

You know, now it's sinking in. It's taken me a long time to realize - and it is sinking in - how important this book is. And I have a certain distance now. I've done it such a long time ago.
Eric Carle

I drilled holes in the floor of the club, and it's sinking.
Bobby Darin

Sinking Translations

sinking in German is sinkende, absackend, Versenkung
sinking in Italian is affondamento
sinking in Spanish is hundimiento

Quotes