| When this type of spear stuck into a shield it would sink in up to the barbs, bend, and make it very difficult to remove. |
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| He had bought the sink in the shop's closing down sale on the Saturday and left it in the garage overnight. |
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| Drinking water came from the sink in the toilet, the flush of which was operated by pulling a metal hanger in the cistern. |
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| Stephenson sat on the sink in his dressing-room while he spilled his guts about his marriage problems. |
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| How low can the TV licensing authority sink in their pursuit of people not paying their licence fee? |
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| I swallowed my tears and washed my face in the small sink in the adjacent lavatory. |
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| Feeling the cold steel in his hand, Mario used the wrench to loosen the bolt underneath the sink in the main bathroom of his parents' apartment. |
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| Protests are inevitable once proposed massive cuts in education, health care, welfare and transportation sink in. |
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| The next morning, while wading a long stretch of the river, I begin to sink in sand. |
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| Having a sink in Baby's room will soon seem as necessary as having a Dustbuster or a laundry basket. |
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| I decided it was best to give her some time to think about those words and let it sink in. |
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| Maura was about to open her mouth to say more, when his words fully began to sink in. |
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| Whether this reality has yet to fully sink in with the majority of the American people is unclear. |
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| After assembled, the floater body and counterweight member being sinkable, sink in water. |
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| Slowly, his wings came back onto his body and clung closely against his back, letting it sink in. |
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| The sink in the half bath, located on the first floor, a good example of the design touches used throughout the house. |
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| As these sad thoughts linger, I realise I've started to sink in a deep hole of self-pity and depression. |
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| Even as the full enormity of the attack continued to sink in, Nato and the UN Security Council were falling in behind the US line. |
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| Once your children realise that a full piggy bank represents money to spend or save, the meaning will sink in. |
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| One day his brother came and broke the news to her, but it took a few days to sink in. |
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| The dread didn't sink in until I realised I was probably the youngest person in the theatre, with the mean age being about fifty. |
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| Ironically, when the teeth of the plot sink in, the introduction of the supernatural nemesis, Ghost Machine begins to lag. |
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| They must face capitalist reality or sink in a slough of socialist delusion, dragging Scotland down with them. |
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| The shooting began to sink in and he realised he was in deep, way over his head. |
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| Mrs. Jacobs was pouring coffee into a cup over by the sink in the cooking area. |
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| My stomach turns at the notion, but the real gravity of the situation doesn't sink in until a few minutes later. |
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| He waits for this to sink in, and I oblige by widening my eyes and licking my chapped lips. |
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| No one can have failed to notice the metamorphosis of the humble vitreous china sink in Irish bathrooms. |
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| Only now, gawking at snow-coated cars, did it finally sink in that I was in Scotland. |
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| His laughter was spiteful and mirthless, and he took his time, content to let his presence sink in. |
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| Royal Navy minehunter HMS Berkeley saved two men from drowning when their fishing boat began to sink in waters off Torbay. |
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| Furthermore, it is questionable whether forests could be used as carbon sink in order to achieve the Kyoto emission targets. |
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| It took some time to sink in, and I stood dim-wittedly in the heavy rain staring at Charles whose expression grew increasingly perplexed when I didn't get in right away. |
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| The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night. |
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| It took a few more seconds for it to sink in for Borger that the trial had concluded, but it finally did. |
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| I will let that credibility sink in, but so many times in the past the NDP have always been the appeasers of aggressors. |
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| Come on don't be shy, sink in your fingertips and smooth me onto your lips, leaving them feeling soft, moisturised and ultimately kissable. |
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| Officers discovered an ordinary looking sink in the upper room of a raided house that had been modified by a clever bootlegger. |
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| The torpedo broke the destroyer's back, causing her to sink in 15 seconds and thus consigning hundreds of exhausted troops and matelots to their deaths. |
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| It might take some time for the opposition for that to sink in, but in fact Canadians know that. |
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| He rides fast, too fast not to sink in the sand... but the slope is too steep behind. |
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| The design shall extend the capability to transfer residual heat from the core to an ultimate heat sink in the event of a severe accident. |
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| A severe storm causes the largest Great Lakes bulk ore carrier ever to break up and sink in 20 m-high waves, killing the entire 29-man crew. |
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| A firm elastic middle zone and the soft elastic lying surface ensure that you will be able to sink in nicely and be safe from falling. |
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| It's way past 9 p.m., fatigue has started to sink in and the conversation veers off. |
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| If there is no heat sink in the plant site, the feeding of biogas can be an attractive option in the existing natural gas networks. |
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| The latter, involving the temporary loss of the heat sink in a nuclear unit, occurred at the end of the year and is still being analysed. |
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| I felt its claws sink in my skull and shifted my head to look at it. |
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| Visitor numbers were already sliding at the Minster, in common with other cathedrals, and it remains to be seen how low the figures will sink in the quieter off-season period. |
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| When it started to become more than that and my cheeks started to sink in and stuff like that, I thought it would be best to go. |
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| How low will it sink in its attacks on progressives and public spending? |
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| Instead they often sink in silence, bodies and all, to the bottom of the sea. |
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| She stood at the sink in a trance, waiting for the next line in the imaginary conversation while she rinsed the mug over and over, but it wouldn't come. |
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| Then all too rapidly, the horror and monstrousness began to sink in. |
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| It took a long time for it to sink in that the buildings were no more. |
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| To many people, their ingeniously moronic stunts set a new standard for how low the entertainment industry was willing to sink in pursuit of profits. |
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| The Americans regrettably sink in a needless repetition and they commit probably a mistake by trying to establish a style that requires to mutate on the contrary. |
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| In order to ward off possible oil pollution in one Spanish port, the captain of this ship was instructed to leave the coast and eventually to sink in open sea, as a result of which the disaster became much greater. |
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| Wait a few seconds for the experience to sink in. |
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| But the few that didn't sink in high seas, didn't land until later. |
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| You can also try a wash with benzoyl peroxide and leave It on for a few minutes to let the medication sink in. |
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| Obviously, the realization of what it takes for a trading nation such as Canada to meet international competition has been slow to sink in among the general run of Canadian employers. |
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| I detailed quite clearly the legitimate preoccupations that I am conveying to the House on behalf of my constituents, but it does not seem to sink in. |
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| In the first shot of the film he wakes to find that his boat has been rammed by debris and is starting to sink in the trackless waste of the Indian Ocean. |
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| After we talked about this, I let the idea sink in and then I think that one or two weeks later I saw an advertisement for a contest for young scenario writers. |
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| The ESB and Bord na Mona should be providing permanent jobs, rather than ones that result in the destruction of the carbon sink in the bogs. |
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| Pour liquids in or over the sink in case of overfilling or spills. |
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| These are my fleeting, post-bedtime thoughts as I open the box, look the Elf in the eye, read the story, let it sink in, then finally grab the book and the doll and place them high up among the breakables. |
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| Both Qiao and Nathan had to let this sink in. |
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| But for some, the public reaction to moats, duck houses and nudie films has yet to sink in. |
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| Kenyan civil society keeps warning that, contrary to the Government's predictions, the country is about to sink in the turbulent waters of neo-liberalism. |
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| Put it up, went and stood on the stainless steel sink in the corner. |
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| He signed the financial statements, and he knows that they threw in everything but the kitchen sink in order to produce the overall deficit to which he is referring. |
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| As she tries to cope with the misery which gnaws and who did it sink in alcohol, Alice Barma, commander of a police criminal group for 36, is confronted with two problems. |
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| If the bulkhead between one hold and the next collapses, progressive flooding could rapidly occur throughout the length of the ship and the vessel would sink in a matter of minutes. |
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| The more the opponent misses, the faster they tire, and the psychological effects of being unable to land a hit will start to sink in. |
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| The plastic was a nonporous surface, so the ink couldn't sink in and stain it. |
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| In lakes, this means that shores sink in the direction farther away from the former maximum depth of ice. |
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| If he ever reely hit you with that fist of his'n, it ud sink in up to the elbow. |
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| Part of the heavy emulsion resulting from the weathering of the fuel was liable to sink in the coastal areas due to mixing with matter in suspension and sediments. |
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| The singing that repeats the words again and again allows them to sink in. |
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| La Girona1588, Lacada Point, County Antrim A GALLEASS of the Spanish Armada had taken on 800 survivors from two other wrecks only to sink in a gale. |
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| Although a balloon has no propulsion system, a degree of directional control is possible through making the balloon rise or sink in altitude to find favorable wind directions. |
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| Add to it depleting water table and the truth must sink in that whatever land area we have has to be preserved, and utilised as best as can be, at all costs. |
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| A black plumber working under the sink in coveralls was being pestered by a negligeed housewife. He was only trying to do his job, but she just wouldn't leave him be. |
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