My spirits were sinking when I suddenly spotted the ice cream stand.
He had a dreadful sinking feeling when they boarded the freighter.The ship was saved from sinking by the rescue crew.
No. Sinking can be different parts of speech. For example, in the sentence, "I had a sinking feeling that I had made the wrong choice." Sinking is an adjective modifying feeling. Whereas, in the sentence "I was sinking to my doom" it is an action verb, the present participle.
what is the sentence.... both words are not fake words
The scupper saved the boat fromm sinking.
I found a clip clasping tightly onto the bag of chips.
The vampire slowly extended its fangs before sinking them into the victim's neck.
In the sentence, "Sinking below the lighted surface, waters are organic materials", the subject is waters. You can easily find the sentence subject by exchanging the two halves of the sentence, then editing out any extraneous words and changing words to fit the new sentence..So for examples:Waters are organic materials below the lit surface.Waters contain organic materials below the lit surface.
That sinking ship will founder on the rocks. Our company's founder would like to say a few words.
The verb is to sink, and sinking can be part of a verb tense such as continuous (is sinking, was sinking) and continuous perfect (has been sinking, will have been sinking). Present participles can be used as adjectives (e.g. He got off the sinking ship). It can also form participial phrases (e.g. He saw the ship sinking into the sea).But sinking is also a gerund, used as a noun (e.g. Sinking your boat is not a good idea).
"The sailors abandoned the sinking ship." "His friends abandoned him when he got into trouble." "He discovered gold in an abandoned silver mine."
She devoured the entire pizza in three bites. The ocean devoured the sinking ship. The toddler devoured his cookies.
No the us is not sinking