The song sinking further and further into a murky, sticky, messy quagmire.

All the while, Mark's heart is sinking further and further into a dark place.

The agonized watchers could see him gradually sinking further.

Either that, or their guide was sinking further and further into the mud, or getting shorter.

Yet like the cuckold in the farce I hold my breath, sinking further and further into disgrace.

He did not move, but his open eyes seemed every moment growing darker and sinking further into his head.

And they're only sinking further.

The problem for the president is he keeps thrashing around, and he keeps sinking further into the mire and muck.

You are sinking further-

I looked back up to where Rupert was lying before jogging after them, my stomach sinking further with every step.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, citing weak U.S. hiring, this week said there was some resistance to the Canadian jobless rate sinking further.

Steve Holland cowered, sinking further into his tracksuit, while Rui Faria pretended to ignore the histrionics, presumably having seen them all before.

The survey's headline index fell to 48.1, sinking further below the 50 mark that separates growth from contraction.

Shares tracked by the Standard & Poor's Retail Index fell 4.2 percent on Monday, sinking further than the wider market.

The Shanghai Composite Index retreated 0.9 percent, sinking further from the 2,000-point level it closed below on Tuesday for the first time since January 2009.